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King of Painters

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A title assumed by Parrhasʹios, the painter, a contemporary of Zeuxis. Plutarch says he wore a purple robe and a golden crown. (Flourished 400 B.C.)

 

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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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King Stork
King-of-Arms
King of Bark
King of Bath
King of Beasts
King of Dalkey
King of Khorassan
King of Metals
King of Misrule
King of Painters
King of Preachers
King of Rome
King of Shreds and Patches
King of Spain’s Trampeter (The)
King of Terrors
King of Waters
King of Yvetot (pron. Ev-to)
King of the Bean (roi de la fève)
King of the Beggars
King of the Forest