![[Murmur]](murmur.jpg)
"Laocoon and her two sons"
Laocoon was the Trojan seer [and
priest of Apollo, the sun god] who told the Trojans that taking
the horse into the city wasn't very bright by saying: "Beware
of Greeks bearing gifts." Apollo sent the serpents which
gobbled him [and his two sons] up. There's an excellent Greek
bronze of the serpent with Laocoon and his sons in its coils.
[kbanta]
* Note that Laocoon was, in the original myths, male. [Chris Piuma]
![[Laocoon]](laocoon.jpg)
Laocoon and his two sons.
c. 80 AD by Hagesandro,
Polydoros, and Athanodoros.
Click to enlarge.
"Martyred, misconstrued"
Laocoon and his two sons were martyred.
"Misconstrued" means "misinterpreted." [Ron Henry]
"Ran the gamut"
An idiom meaning "spanned
the whole range of something". [Ron
Henry]