Apelles

(a-pel'leez,) one of the greatest of the Greek painters,flourished B. c. 340-323, and was the friend of Alexander the Great, who, it is said, would suffer no else to paint his portrait. 4. was especially dist in- | gui shed for his representations of female grace and beauty. His masterpiece was the Venus rising from the Sea, which was taken to Rome by August us. [s. 37]