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Apelʹlēs

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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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Antoninus
Antony
Antrustions
Ants
Anubis
Anvil
Any-how
Aõnian
A ontrance. (French.)
Ape
Apellēs
Apemantus
A-per-se
Apex
Aphrodite
Apioius
A-pigga-back
Apis
Aplomb
Apocalyptic Number
Apocrypha

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Apel`les