A shrieking Laocoon could not be produced in marble, but only a figure with the mouth open vainly endeavouring to shriek; a Laocoon whose voice has stuck in his throat, vox faucibus haesit.
Ezingo litzateke marmolez oihuka ari den Laokoonte bat burutu, baizik ahoa irekitzen duen eta alferrik oihu egiten ahalegintzen den Laokoonte bat bakarrik, zeini ahotsa eztarrian trabaturik gelditu baitzaio,.