Laocoön with his sons attacked by serpents. Roman fresco from the House of Laocoön (Casa di Laocoonte) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Laocoon, who was sacrificing a large white bull to Poseidon, is attacked and suffocated along with his sons by serpents sent by Athena.

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