Apelles

American  

[uh-pel-eez] / əˈpɛl iz /

noun

1. 360?–315? b.c., Greek painter.

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Apelles British  

/ əˈpɛliːz /

noun

1. 4th century _bc , Greek painter of mythological subjects, none of whose work survives, his fame resting on the testimony of Pliny and other writers

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Example Sentences

Alof de Wignacourt made the proclamation, comparing him to Apelles, the greatest painter of ancient times.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

He wrote to his friend Fréart de Chantelou, who commissioned a second series, that the subject was "worthy of an Apelles", the most famous Greek painter of antiquity.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012

The world's greatest painters, according to the writers of ancient Greece and Rome, were Greeks�Polygnotus, Zeuxis, Parrhasius and Apelles.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the pictures show the Bruegel, as Pliny said of Apelles, "painted many things that are really unpaintable."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus Apollo and Apelles were happily united in the bond of a common sympathy, and all petty dissensions were forgotten in the triumph of art.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den