What is the height of the Laocoön group in meters?

The Laocoön group is 2.08 meters high.

That measurement refers to the surviving Vatican marble group, which depicts the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons being attacked by sea serpents. Its listed dimensions are 208 centimeters high, 163 centimeters wide, and 112 centimeters deep. The figures are nearly life-sized, but the dramatic upward composition makes the ensemble seem even larger.

The group was excavated in Rome in 1506 and quickly became one of the defining discoveries of the Renaissance. Michelangelo was among the artists who saw it soon after its discovery, and its twisting bodies strongly influenced later European sculpture and painting.

Pliny the Elder attributed the work to the Rhodian sculptors Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus. Scholars still debate whether the Vatican sculpture is an original Hellenistic work or a Roman copy of an earlier bronze. Its dating is likewise disputed, with proposals ranging from the second century BC to the early Roman imperial period. The famous raised arm is also a restoration: the group was reassembled and revised several times.