Parrhasius

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Parrhăsĭus: (Parră-), ĭi, m., = Παρράσιος,
I a celebrated Greek painter, a native of Ephesus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67 sq.; Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 12; Hor. C. 4, 8, 6; Sen. Contr. 5, 34.—Transf.: non multos apud nos futuros Polyclitos et Parrhasios fuisse, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4.
Parrhăsĭus: a, um, v. Parrhasia, B.