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    Apelles of Kos (/əˈpɛliːz/; Greek: Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars'...
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  • Apelles (Greek: Aπελλής) was a second-century Gnostic Christian thinker. He started out his ministry as a disciple of Marcion of Sinope, probably in Rome...
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  • Apelles was a painter of ancient Greece. Apelles may alsorefer to: Apelles (gnostic), the founder of a Gnostic sect in the 2nd century Apelles of Heraklion...
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  • Apelles of Heraklion (Greek: Ἀπελλῆς) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Along with the Apostles Urban of Macedonia, Stachys, Ampliatus, Narcissus...
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    The Calumny of Apelles is a panel painting in tempera by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Based on the description of a lost ancient...
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  • Trichoxys apelles is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Newman in 1838. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the...
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    Cigaritis apelles, the rusty bar, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania, Malawi, the...
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  • Not a day without a line drawn Pliny the Elder attributes this maxim to Apelles, an ancient Greek artist. nulla dies umquam memori vos eximet aevo No day...
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  • (1921), Melozzo da Forlì (1922), Cima da Conegliano (1923), Lui (1925), Apelle (1926) Leading trainer (21 wins): Federico Tesio – Guido Reni (1911), Rembrandt...
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    realizing that Apelles had fallen in love with the girl, gave her to the artist in a gesture of extreme magnanimity. Pliny went on to note that Apelles' painting...
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  • Lisippo (1987) Pittura greca, Da Polignoto ad Apelle (1987) Lisippo. L'arte e la fortuna (1995) Apelle. La battaglia di Alessandro (2000) I Bronzi di...
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    time. This included commissioning sculptures by Lysippos, paintings by Apelles and gem engravings by Pyrgoteles. Ancient authors recorded that Alexander...
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    the young Alexander in love. According to tradition, she was painted by Apelles, who had the reputation in antiquity for being the greatest of painters...
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    Polyommatinae Tribe: Polyommatini Genus: Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 Synonyms Apelles Hemming, 1931 Bajluana Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990 Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876...
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    he saw them again in October. Then, under the pseudonym Apelles latens post tabulam (Apelles hiding behind the painting), he presented his description...
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    much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny's Natural History, with the anecdote that the great Apelles employed Campaspe, a mistress...
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    Dositheos Simon Magus (Simonians) Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Cerinthus Justin Marcion Marcionism Nicolaism Perates Saturninus Syrian-Egyptian...
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    judge beyond the crepida") and ascribed to the Greek painter Apelles of Kos. Supposedly, Apelles would put new paintings on public display and hide behind...
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    accuracy of this episode is doubtful. She also modeled for the artists Apelles and Praxiteles, and the Aphrodite of Knidos was based on her. Largely ignored...
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  • Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (20 April 1594 – 11 April 1648) was a German psalmist, musician and statesman. He was born in Prudnik as Matthäus Apelt...
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    Nino Pisano, Apelles or the Art of painting in detail (1334–1336); relief of the Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence, Italy...
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    small-scale models, and fragments of it have been identified. The Greek painter Apelles of Kos, a contemporary of Praxiteles, produced the panel painting Aphrodite...
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    Dositheos Simon Magus (Simonians) Menander Quqites Christian Gnosticism Apelles Cerinthus Justin Marcion Marcionism Nicolaism Perates Saturninus Syrian-Egyptian...
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    presents a substantial argument that it was the famous ancient Greek painter Apelles who is depicted in contemplation by Rembrandt and not Aristotle. Another...
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    HMS Apelles was a Crocus-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1808 and sold in 1816. During her service she grounded on the French...
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    Agostino Vespucci. This note likens Leonardo to renowned Greek painter Apelles, who is mentioned in the text, and states that Leonardo was at that time...
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    French poet and reformer Nicholas Bourbon (the elder) dubbed him "the Apelles of our time", a typical accolade at the time. Holbein has also been described...
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    Alexander the Great gives his concubine, Campaspe, as a gift to the painter Apelles when he sees that the painter has fallen in love with her. The painting...
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    HMS Manilla 2 Feb: HMS Conqueror 7 Mar: Medway 2 May: HMS Apelles, HMS Skylark 4 May: Apelles 10 May: Irlam 22 May: Andromaque, Ariane 10 Jun: Campbell...
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  • Production companies CMC Pictures DF Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures Apelles Entertainment Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release dates June 9...
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