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Answer for the clue "Priest who warned the Trojans not to accept the wooden horse ", 7 letters:
laocoon

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Laocoön (; , ), the son of Acoetes , is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology and the Epic Cycle . He was a Trojan priest who was attacked, with his two sons, by giant serpents sent by the gods. Though not mentioned by Homer , the story of Laocoön had been ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laocoon \La*oc"o*["o]n\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? ] (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See ) 2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco["o]n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Trojan priest of Apollo, from Latin Laocoon , from Greek Laukoun , from laos "people" (see lay (adj.)) + koeo "I mark, perceive."\n\n Laocoön , n . A famous piece of antique sculpture representing a priest of that time and his two sons in the folds of two ...

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Laocoon of his own serpents, he struggled to a certain magnificence of attitude in the muscular net of constrictions he flung around himself.