During the Trojan War, Athena and Poseidon were in favor of the Greeks. As we read in class, they assisted Achilles in killing Hector during a one on one battle. In the sculpture above, made circa 40-30 BC, we see none other than the work of Athena and Poseidon again. During the famous Trojan horse attack, Laocoön, a priest of Apollo in the city of Troy, warned Trojans not to accept the horse. Athena and Poseidon, afraid he would foil the whole plan, sent two sea serpents to kill Laocoön and his 2 sons. One person did heed this warning though. Aeneas fled troy, which led to the eventual founding of Rome.