To destroy Lacoons suspicions regarding the Trojan Horse, Poseidon sent poisonous sea snakes to kill Lacoon and his sons. This statue
is dated from the Greek
Hellenistic Periode and shows this dramatic fight.
The characteristics from the Hellenistic period are the intensity of movement and expression of the statues.
The perfect anatomical reproduction and multiple points of view for the statues are also typical for this period.
Because it is the story of a
Greek myth, both sons are represented as adults. To emphasize Lacoon, the father, he is represented twice as big.
