Laocoön and his sons (Laocoon group) revealed changing Greek attitudes about the body during the Hellenistic period.
Hellenistic period covers the period which lasted from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when there was an emergence of Roman Empire. The word Hellenistic originated from the word Hellazein, the meaning of this word in English is to speak or to identify Greeks.
