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> Parrhasius, then invited Zeuxis to his studio to look at a painting hanging behind a curtain, but when Zeuxis went to pull it back, it was revealed to be a trick, and Parrhasius won the contest.

What was the “trick”? In paraphrasing, the author some how glosses over the fact that the curtain was in fact a painting.



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