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Parrhăsĭa (Parră-), ae, f., = Παρρασία, a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.
Hence,

  1. A. Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa, the Great Bear, Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.
    Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 460.
  2. B. Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, i. e. Callisto, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Charles’s Wain, Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, the Great Bear, id. 4, 11, 3: axis, the north pole, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.
    1. 2. Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus, Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula, id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.

1. Parrhăsĭus, a, um, v. Parrhasia, B.

2. Parrhăsĭus (Parră-), ĭi, m., = Παρράσιος, 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.