TATIUS (Achilles)

, an ancient Greek writer of Alexandria; but the age he lived in is uncertain. According to Suidas, who calls him Statius, he was at first a Heathen, then a Christian, and afterwards a bishop. He wrote a book upon the Sphere, which seems to have been nothing more than a commentary upon Aratus. Part of it is extant, and was translated into Latin by father Petavius, under the title of Isagoges in Phænomena Arati. He wrote also, Of the Loves of Cliptophon and Leucippe, in 8 books. He is well spoken of by Photius.