Parrasius

1.

Parrhăsĭus, a, um, v. Parrhasia, B.

2.

Parrhăsĭus ( Parră- ), ĭi, m., = Parrasios, 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.