Laocoön is a Trojan priest of Poseidon; son of Acoetes.

Magic was used when the gods made acoetes mother think that he was a boar and she needed to kill him

Acoetes, the pilot, who then suffered at his fellow ship-mates hands, according to a Roman myth.

The rest were Aethalides, Medon, Lycabas, Libys, Opheltes, Melas, Alcimedon, Epopeus, Dictys, Simon, all whom became "dolphins".

Tyrrhenian pirates, their names being: Aethalides, Medon, Lycabas, Libys, Opheltes, Melas, Alcimedon, Epopeus, Dictys, Simon, Acoetes. The last was the pilot, whom Dionysos saved out of kindness.

These names coming from the Roman myth.