Laocoon and his sons and the aesthetics of pain

Michael Lahanas

Το σύμπλεγμα του Λαοκόωντα και η αισθητική του άλγους

Hellenistische Kunst. Der Laokoon

Do you believe the enemy have sailed away? Or think that any Grecian gifts are free of craft? Is this the way Ulysses acts? Either Achaeans hide, shut in this wood, or else this is an engine built against our walls... I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts, Laocoon from Virgil The Aeneid

Part 2 - Laocoon Versions

Parody of Laocoon by Titian

(Only in German)