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ID: 901000541
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000541
Record Type: Character/Person

Laocoön (Greco-Roman character)

Note: In Greek legend, a seer and a priest of the god Apollo; he was the son of Agenor of Troy or, according to some, the brother of Anchises (the father of the hero Aeneas). Laocoön offended Apollo by breaking his oath of celibacy and begetting children or by having sexual intercourse with his wife in Apollo’s sanctuary.

Names:
Laocoön (Greco-Roman character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Laocoon (Greco-Roman character) (English,U,N)
Λαοκόων (Greco-Roman character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Laocoön (Greco-Roman character) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Apollo
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Apollo (Greco-Roman deity)) [901000109]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... priest
.....(clergy, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Greco-Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Laocoön (Greco-Roman character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 86004770
Laocoon (Greco-Roman character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94H211 Laocoon, the priest, tries to ....
Λαοκόων (Greco-Roman character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 86004770

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