(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse

• Priest who warned the Trojans not to accept the wooden horse
• Priest who warned against 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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Laocoon may refer to: Laocoön , the Trojan priest of Poseidon Laocoön and His Sons , a famous sculpture in Vatican City Laocoön (El Greco) , an oil painting by El Greco : An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Laocoön ...

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 ...