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Laocoön |
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LaocoönIn classical mythology, a Trojan priest of Apollo and a visionary, brother of Anchises. He and his sons were killed by serpents when he foresaw disaster for Troy in the Trojan horse left by the Greeks. The scene of their death is the subject of a classical marble group, rediscovered in the Renaissance, and forms an episode in Virgil's Aeneid. |
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| Over three millennia after the fall of Troy, another set of visionaries warned us to beware of Greeks bearing gifts. And from the unfortunate Trojans: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. |
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
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