In these lines, Laocoon's death is described in detail. After he runs to try to save his children, he is brutally killed by the serpents. The other Trojan's believe that Laocoon is just paying for his crime (stabbing the horse) and therefore decide to take the horse within their walls. The people are praising the horse and taking it as a good omen and are totally blind to the cruel intentions of it.
Vocab:
-subeuntem
- tela
- sidera
- orandaque
- numina
- quater
Grammar:
- 209 - ablative absolute
- Laocoonta - accusative - Greek form
- 223 - simile
- cunctis - dative of reference
- collo -ablative of separation
- utero - ablative of source or separation
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