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Zeux⋅is

[zook-sis]
–noun
fl. c430–c400 b.c., Greek painter.
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Zeux·is   (zōōk'sĭs)   
Greek artist who was among the first Athenians to use shading, thereby achieving a degree of realism hitherto unknown in Greek painting.
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