Laocoon 的词源

同时，Laocoön是特洛伊阿波罗神的祭司的名字，来源于拉丁语Laocoon，再往前追溯则是希腊语Laukoun，由laos（意为“人民”，参见lay (adj.)）和koeo（意为“我标记，我感知”）组合而成。

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]

Laocoön，n。一件著名的古代雕塑作品，表现的是一位祭司和他的两个儿子被两条巨大的蛇缠绕的场景。老人和孩子们如何支撑着蛇，并在这项艰巨的工作中保持坚定，展现了人类智慧对野蛮惰性的征服，这一艺术表现被公认为人类智慧的伟大胜利之一。[安布罗斯·比尔斯，《魔鬼辞典》，1911年]