Apelles, a-pel'lez, a Grecian painter, born 332 B. C. He painted a portrait of Alexander the Great on the walls of the Temple of Diana of Ephesus. A shoemaker, according to one story, found fault with a defect in the sandals of Apelles' Venus. The artist accepted the suggestion; but when the unlucky cobbler grew bold and ventured other criticism, Apelles told him sharply that "a shoemaker should stick to his last." He worked with industry and is credited with the proverb, "No day without a line."