Laocoön, a seer and priest in the city of Troy, was deeply suspicious of the enormous wooden horse that the Greeks left there after they seemed to leave the area after a long war and cautioned the Trojans around him not to accept this strange offering. But their fate was already sealed because the gods granted the Greeks victory and punished the priest for threatening their success. In the video Noah Charney explores how Laocoön’s tragic tale inspired countless artists across the ancient world.
Lesson by Noah Charney for TED-Ed, directed by Michael Kalopaidis and Zedem Media.
