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(Πόρκις/Pórkis and Χαρίβοια/Charíboia). The two snakes that kill Laocoon [1] and his son (Tzetz. on Lycoph. 344; 347) or sons (only schol. Marcian. on Lycoph. 347). In Serv. Aen. 2,211, however, the names occur in the forms Curifis and Periboea. For the traditions and problems of the nomenclature cf. [1]. The two snakes are from Calydna. Apollo's epithet Calydneus (Steph. Byz. s. v. Κάλυδνα) also suggests a connexion with snakes. It is debatable, on the basis of the proportions between the two snakes and between Laocoo…