Parrhasius
- 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.
- 1. Parrhasisch (naar de stad en landstreek Parrhasia in Z.-Arcadië); (poët.) = Arcadisch [Euander; dea = Carmenta; Arctos en ursa = Callisto, dochter v.d. Arcadische koning Lycaon; stellae = de Grote Beer];
- 2. (Mart.) van de Palatijn, keizerlijk (omdat de Arcadische koning Euander op de Palatijn een stad gesticht zou hebben) [domus; aula].
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…Orpheus Pacideianus Pacuvius, M. Iliona sqq. Niptra Paelignus Palamedes Panaetius Papirius Carbo, C. cos. Parrhasius Patricoles Paulus v. Aemilius Peloponnesus Pelops Perdiccas Peripatetici sqq. .. .. Persae, Perses Perses Macedonum…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
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…Fabio, nobilissimo homini, laudi datum esset, quod pingeret, non multos etiam apud nos futuros Polyclitos et Parrhasios fuisse honos alit artes, omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria, iacentque ea semper, quae apud quosque improbantur .…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
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…est ita, iudices, non est profecto. vidi ego in quodam iudicio nuper Philodorum testem Trallianum, vidi Parrhasium, vidi Archidemum, cum quidem idem hic mihi Maeandrius quasi ministrator aderat subiciens quid in suos civis civitatemque ,…
Cicero, pro Flacco
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…calva comis. Tonsorem capiti non est adhibere necesse Radere te melius spongia, Phoebe, potest. LVIII Cernere Parrhasios dum te iuvat, Aule, triones Comminus et Getici sidera ferre poli, O quam paene tibi Stygias ego…
Martial, Epigrammata
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…sic fugimus tamquam castra Macedonum. Parum, inquid, tristis est. Aliquis Olynthius parum tristis est Vis, Parrhasi, tristem uidere duc illum ad Olynthum iacentem. scis certe quam tristem emeris. Olynthiis urbem aperuimus, templa…
Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae
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…I A S dixit διὰ σέ, Παρράσιε, δεῖ τοὺς ἐκπορευομένους τοῦ ναοῦ ἀφαγνίσασθαι. OTHO pater cum pro Parrhasio diceret, in hoc colore derisus est quia conciderat, inquit, per proditores Olynthos, uolui pingere iratum proditori…
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
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…Parrhasius cum coloribus, ex altera tortor cum ignibus, flagellis, eculeis. ista aut uidentem aut exspectantem, Parrhasi, parum tristem putas Dicebat miser non prodidi patriam. Athenienses, si nihil merui, succurrite, si merui…
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
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…tormentis inmoritur. Parrhasi, quid agis non sernas propositum ; hoc supra Promethea est. tantum patiendum est pingente Parrhasio quantum irato Ioue. ARELLI FVSCI patris. Pinge Promethea, sed homines facientem, sed ignis diuidentem ; pinge…
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
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…. aiebat solutus apud Philippum fui. ALBVCI SILI. Exspecta dum Euthycrates aut Lasthenes capiantur. Phidias omnia, Parrhasi, sine tortore fecit. Philippus quoque uendidisse contentus est. Producitur senex nobilis, flens, respiciens patriam placuit…
Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
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…isti beati ingenuorum ergastulis excolunt et miserrimorum iuuenum simplicitate decepta speciosissimum quemque ac maxime idoneum castris in ludum detrudunt. Parrhasius et Prometheus. Reipublicae laesae sit actio. Parrhasius pictor Atheniensis, cum Philippus captiuos Olynthios uenderet, emit unum…
Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae
(Παρράσιος). A famous Greek painter of Ephesus, who with Zeuxis was the chief representative of the Ionic school. He lived about B.C. 400 at Athens, where he seems to have received the citizenship. According to the accounts of ancient writers, he first introduced into painting the theory of human proportions, gave to the face delicate shades of expression, and was a master in the careful drawing of contours (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xxxv. 67, 68). His skill in indicating varieties of psychological expression could be appreciated in the picture representing the Athenian State or Δῆμος, in which, according to ancient authors, he distinctly portrayed all the conflicting qualities of the Athenian national character. Another of his pictures represented two boys, one of whom seemed to personify the pertness, and the other the simplicity, of boyhood. His inclination to represent excited states of mind is attested by the choice of subjects like the feigned madness of Odysseus, and the anguish of Philoctetes in Lemnos. His supposed contest with Zeuxis is well known. The grapes painted by Zeuxis deceived the birds, which flew to peck at them; while the curtain painted by Parrhasius deceived Zeuxis himself (Pliny , ib. 65). See pictura; Zeuxis.
- artist: Paus. 1.28.2