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JOHANN KASPAR (tsois), a German historian; born in Vogtendorf, Upper Franconia, July 22, 1806. Among his works are: "The Germans and the Neighbor Stocks" (1837); "The Descent of the Bavarians from the Marcomanni" (1839); "Witzenburg Traditions and Possessions" (1842); "The Free Imperial City of Spires from Its Destruction" (1843); "Celtic Grammar" (2 vols. 1853), his greatest work. He died in Vogtendorf, Nov. 10, 1856.
ZEUXIS (zūk'sis), one of the greatest Greek painters; born in one of the many cities named Heraclea, and flourished in the latter half of the 5th century B. C.
He traveled a good deal, spending some time at Athens during the Peloponnesian War, visiting the court of Archelaus, King of Macedonia, and afterward Italy and Sicily. He excelled in form, light and shade, and coloring, in dramatic composition of grand subjects, and in imitation of inanimate objects. He made a large fortune, was extremely vain, and at last used to give away his pictures because he thought them worth more than any price that could be set on them.