par Meulder, Marcel
Référence Euphrosyne, 48, page (47-64)
Publication Publié, 2020
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Laocoon etymologically means “who by his religious foresight is protecting the Trojan people (in arms) against the enemy”. Vergil too interprets the meaning of the name otherwise. It means “who is denouncing the attendance of warriors in the hollow parts of the Wooden Horse”. Both meanings fit the image of the Horse considered as a gift and an inanimate thing (it is the standpoint of the Trojan crowd), or as a fallacious “living” thing (a mare “pregnant of warriors” in Laocoon’s eyes and of his friends).