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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era.

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In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Rising reputation as dramatist and critic.

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Laocoön was a Trojan priest of Apollo who was destroyed (along with his two sons) by two giant serpents sent by the god Apollo.

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It was this work of art that German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing used as a point of reference for his essay Laocoon.