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Why was the Lacoon Group slain by serpents?

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The serpents only killed the two sons,leaving Lacoon himself alive to suffer. In the other versions, he was killed for having commited an impiety by making love with his wife in the presence of a cult image in a sanctuary, or simply making a sacrifice in the temple with his wife present.

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I think that he was killed for having committed an impiety by making love with his wife in the presence of a cult image in a sanctuary

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