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Laocoon的词源解释,Laocoon来源

Laocoon

“Laocoön”(Laocoön)也是特洛伊神殿的一位牧师的名字,他是阿波罗的牧师。这个名字源自拉丁语 Laocoon,希腊语 Laukounlaos 意为“人民”(参见 lay(形容词)), koeo 意为“我标记,感知”。

Laocoön, n. A famous piece of antique sculpture representing a priest of that time 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 in their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
Laocoönn),一件著名的古代雕塑作品,描绘了一位牧师和他的两个儿子被两条巨大的蛇缠绕。老人和孩子们支撑蛇并使它们保持在他们的工作中的技巧和勤奋被公认为是人类智慧掌控野兽惯性的最高艺术表现之一。[安布罗斯·比尔斯,《魔鬼词典》,1911年]