Laocoön, the son of Acoetes is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology, a Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Neptune), whose rules he had defied.
Laocoon begged the Trojans to set fire to the horse that was left outside the city to ensure it was not a trick. The Goddess Athena, angry with him and the Trojans, shook the ground around Laocoon's feet and painfully blinded him.
Laocoon did not give up trying to convince the Trojans to burn the horse, and Athena makes him pay even further. She sends two giant serpents to strangle and kill his two sons.
