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A statue from my trip to rome
hope you like it
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I can't remember the sons' names. This was during the time of the Trojan war between the Trojans and the Greeks, caused by Paris's kidnapping of Helen. Helen, the face that could launch a thousand ships, was said to be the most beautiful woman alive. Anyway, that's just to set the scene.
The grown man in the statue, Laocoon, warned the Trojan's against accepting gifts from the Greeks (The Trojan Horse). He was an Oracle of some sort. The two boys in the statue are his sons. Laocoon's arm that is lifted, the right that is broken? It is said that many sculptors tried to recreate what it looked like, and Michelangelo himself thought it was as it is seen. Then they found the lost original, and he was right. I always thought that was pretty cool. People said he was wrong, but he was right.
The Trojan horse was an offering to the Goddess Athena (wisdom). In anger, she sent two serpents to punish Laocoon, and as such, sent them for his two sons, in their abode near the sea. (Laocoon served Neptune, God of the Sea and Earthquakes.) Laocoon ran to them to try and save them, but was caught up by the serpents as well, dying a very painful death with his sons. The Trojans thought this to be a sign Laocoon displeased Neptune. ((Before, he had thrown a spear into the Trojan Horse to try and prove that it was dangerous.)) The Trojan's also thought it was a sign that the Trojan Horse was sacred, so they wheeled it into the city. As a result, the Greeks burned Troy to the ground, gaining victory.
It's a sad story, really. And only a very small part in the whole, but it is interesting none-the-less, I think. Sorry if this bored you, but I've always loved Greek and Roman mythology.
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I love Roman mythology also! It didn't bore me! (Just very long 
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Just Amazing! I've Always wanted to see this Awesome Sculpture up close. Just Awesome>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Wow, the classic statue of Laocooan! Sweet!
Acting out the story of how the Gods sent serpents to kill him and his sons. Isn't history fun? xD
Cool capture!
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Yup! History is fun! .... Just not Canadaian history Boring! But noo we cant learn Italian history.
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There are a few cool things about Canadian history... The War of 1812, maybe?
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Thanks! ^^ ill be posting "Micheloangelos David" soon
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I don't trust it. If there is anything I've learned from the Doctor, it is this:
Don't trust any statue. Don't keep your eyes of it. But don't look directly in its eyes. And whatever you do... DON'T BLINK.
Oh, also, very cool photo.
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LOL Thanks. Yes I shouldn't trust any statue... one day it will get up then stab or rape you.
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Or send you back in time and feed off of the days you would have lived in your proper time.
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It's called "The Laocoonte", one of the most beautiful statues of the Greek Classicism^^
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Wow thanks! I learned so much im forgeting!
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LOL xD That's a good thing is some way, so I think
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Pretty cool! Keep your eyes out for more awesome things!
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Thanks I took a lot of pictures and shure ill uplosd them! Ill upload "Michelangelo's David" pretty soon!
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ya about a week? so you can wait. ill upload more pics (*ahem* like a sexy seagale sleeping on a ruin) xD I spell things wrong sorry
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Haha! it's okay u see? i'm not either!
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Okay! that's good. Lets share the love of not being able to spell good xD FEAR THE STUPID CUBE
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*blinks* Hmph. Weird cube *picks up cube and kicks it* SAYONARA!!
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*gasp* MY CUBE!!! ill make a new cube my new cube!!!
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: icon fear the cube plz : : icon cube plz: put it together
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Um okay?
:fear the cube::icon cube:
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noo they are 2 different icons
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Okay.
How do u do it again, sorry?
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