person
Apelles
The most famous painter of antiquity, of Cos; his 'Venus Anadyomene' (rising from the sea) was renowned.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.20 Coan Apelles
The supreme painter of antiquity; without display, his sea-born Venus would have stayed unknown.
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.1 the Coan artificer
Apelles of Cos, the supreme Greek painter, whose Venus Anadyomene (rising from the sea, wringing her hair) was his most famous work; cited as an artist forever known by his creation.