Apelles

apel·les apel·lés English Etymology From the en la Apellēs, from the en grc Ἀπελλῆς (Apellēs, Apelles of Kos, a renowned painter in the time of Alexander the Great). Pronunciation əpĕʹlēz RP, en /əˈpɛliːz/ Noun ? en used connotatively A master en artist. References “Apelles” listed on page 382 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]  Apelles (ăpe·līz). The name of a distinguished Greek painted in the time of Alexander the Great; sometimes used connotatively for a master artist. [¶] c 1630 Drumm. of Hawth. Wks. 1711, 2/1 Gold-smith of all the stars, with silver bright Who moon enamels, Apelles of the flow’rs. 1711 Shaftesb. Charac. (1737) I. 227 That none besides..an Apelles shou’d draw their picture. “Apelles” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] en eponyms