Parrhasia

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Παρρασία, ἡ.

of Parrhasia, adj.: P. and V. Παρράσιος, P. Παρρασικός.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Parrhăsĭa: (Parră-), ae, f., = Παρρασία,
I a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
   A Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa, the Great Bear, Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 460.—
   B Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, i. e. Callisto, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Charles's Wain, Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, the Great Bear, id. 4, 11, 3: axis, the north pole, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.—
   2    Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus, Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula, id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Parrhăsĭa, æ, ou -sĭē, ēs, f. (Παρρασία), ville d’Arcadie : Plin. 4, 20.

Latin > German (Georges)

Parrhasia, ae, f., od. (nach anderer Lesart) Parrasiē, ēs, f. (Παῤῥασία), Landschaft und gleichn. Stadt im südl. Arkadien, Plin. 4, 20 (Ian Parrasiē, Detl. Parrhasiē). – Dav.: A) Parrhasis, idis, f. (Παῤῥασίς), parrhasisch, poet. = arkadisch, Arctos od. ursa = ursa maior od. Callisto, Tochter des arkadischen Königs Lykaon, als Gestirn = der Bär, das Siebengestirn, Ov.: so auch stellae, Ov.: subst. Parrhasis = Callisto, Ov. – B) Parrhasius, a, um (Παῤῥάσίος), parrhasisch, poet. a) = arkadisch, virgo, Kallisto, Ov.: dea, Karmenta, Ov.: Euander, Verg.: ders. rex, Sil.: axis, Nordpol, Mart.: iugum, Wagen (als Gestirn), Mart.: Parrhasio Panos de more (Weise), Verg. – b) (weil der arkadische König Euander auf dem palatinischen Berge zu Rom gewohnt haben soll) = palatinisch od. kaiserlich, domus, aula, Mart.

Wikipedia EN

Parrhasia (Greek: Παρρασία) was a region in south Arcadia, Greece. Parrhasius, son of Lycaon gave it his name.

Today, the area corresponds to modern southwestern Arcadia, west of Megalopoli, and southeastern Elis. The nymph of Artemis named Callisto, whom the goddess Hera made into a bear and Zeus later made into the constellation Ursa Major, was said to come from Parrhasia. Athenaios mentions a famous beauty context there.