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A famous Grecian painter, contemporary with Alexander the Great.
“There comelier forms embroidered rose to view
Than eʹer Apellesʹ wondrous pencil drew.”
Ariosto: Orlando Furioso, book xxiv.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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