Flourished: circa 200
Achilles Tatius may have been an Alexandrian scholar. His Isagoge ad Arati Phænomena (Introduction to Aratus’ Treatise “Phenomena”) is extant only as a fragment (published in 1567). Achilles’s sole surviving intact work (if the author is indeed the same Achilles) is an erotic romance novel.
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Achilles, T. and Gaselee, S. (1917). Achilles Tatius, with an English Translation. London: W. Heinemann.
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(2007). Achilles Tatius. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_9004
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