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Apelles|əˈpɛliːz| The name of a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great; sometimes used connotatively for a master artist.
c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. 1711, 2/1 Gold-smith of all the stars, with silver bright Who moon enamels, Apelles of the flow'rs. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 227 That none besides..an Apelles shou'd draw their picture. |