Parrhasius
# Parrhasius

Parrhasius (Greek: Παρράσιος) may refer to:

* Persons:
   * Parrhasius (painter), a famous painter who worked in Athens in the late 5th century BC
   * Janus Parrhasius (1470–1522), Italian humanist scholar
   * Parrhasius (son of Lycaon), in mythology, a son of Lycaon, from whom Parrhasia (Arcadia) was believed to have derived its name
* Taxonomy:
   * Parrhasius (butterfly), a butterfly genus
