Laocoön and His Sons

The group of statues of Laocoon and His Sons shows Laocoon and his sons being attacked by sea serpents. At the height of the Trojan War Laocoön warned Trojans about the cunning and artfulness of Greeks. He asked the citizens not to take the Trojan horse. But the people did not listen to Laocoön, and then he decided to throw a spear to show what it was. But the mighty Poseidon wanted Troy to be ruined, so he had to prevented Laocoön from disclosing. Poseidon sent two huge serpents to attack Laocoön and his sons. The sea serpents came up from the sea, coiled the necks of their victims and killed them. The group of statues expresses melodramatic teatricalism. The sculptor masterfully used his knowledge of human body to engrave the figure of Laocoön at the tensest moment. The muscles of his body were tense with pain, and his mouth was distorted with death cry. He is mourning not so much himself as his sons. Not only the description of the battle-to-the-death reflects the tragedy. The hopelessness is that the suffering of Laocoön and his sons are desperate as they will be killed in a few minutes. But even knowing it well, Laocoön still hope to push the sea serpents off and get rid of them. The sculpture amazes with the realism and details of the muscles of human body, tense and resistant.