(n) (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them
prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. [ 1913 Webster ]