Laocoön and His Sons
Sculpted by Agesander of Rhodes, Athenodoros of Rhodes, and Polydorus of Rhodes. 1st century BCE. Marble, height 6′ 10″ (2.1 meters). Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Cortile Ottagano, Rome.
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Laocoön and His Sons: The revealing detail in an ancient find