a painter, the pupil and perhaps brother of Apelles, known by a ludicrous picture representing the birth of Bacchus. (Plin. Nat. 35.40.33; Suid. s. v. Ἀπελλῆς.)
[L.U]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890