Zeuxis

American  

[zook-sis] / ˈzuk sɪs /

noun

1. flourished c430–c400 b.c., Greek painter.

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Zeuxis British  

/ ˈzjuːksɪs /

noun

1. late 5th century _bc , Greek painter, noted for the verisimilitude of his works

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Parrhasius outdid him, however, by fashioning a curtain that Zeuxis, mistaking for fabric, attempted to pull open.

From Time Magazine Archive

Zeuxis illustrated grapes so lifelike that birds swooped down and tried to eat them.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was said of Zeuxis, the great artist of ancient Greece, that he could paint a bunch of grapes so realistically that birds would try to eat them.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be esteemed as a painter was to be compared with lost and mythic artists: Parrhasios, Zeuxis and Apelles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tell your master that Zeuxis stoops not to compete with plebeians!

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

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