ラーオコオーン

LAOCOONらーおこおーん[/ˈleɪ.ɒ.kəˌwɒn/]名詞

解説

同名の司祭とその二人の息子が二匹の大蛇に巻き付かれる古代の彫像。

老人と子らが蛇を支え、仕事を続けさせる技巧は、
人間知性が動物的惰性に勝ることを示す高貴な芸術的表現とされる。

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Original

A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.

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