Achilles Tatius

Achilles Tatius was a writer (200–300). He was born at Alexandria.

Also recorded as Achilleus Tatios.

Achilles Tatius in brief

Born
200
Died
300
Known for
writer
Place of birth
Alexandria
Contents

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1640 to 1720.

Leucippe and Clitophon. The amours of Clitophon and Leucippe . Illustrated, in six novels. Viz. I. The force of love described. ... Written in Greek, by Achilles Tatius. Now first rendred [sic] into English., dated 1720, held by Wellcome Collection. Erōtikōn Achilleōs Tatiou sive De Clitophontis & Levcippes amoribvs libri VIII ex editione Cl. Salmasii, dated 1640, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Achilles Tatius, SpringerReference. Achilles Tatius, Brill’s New Pauly. Longus and Achilles Tatius, Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017. Achilles [Tatius], Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity. <i>Stasis</i>-theory in Judicial Speeches of Greek Novels, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010. Quel combattant est le bouvier ? Les Boukoloi à la guerre dans le roman d’Achille Tatius, Aitia, 2020. Description et récit, Pallas, 2013. Formas de amistad en la novela griega The kinds of friendship in the Greek Novel, Circe de Clásicos y Modernos, 2007. Les chants du corps, Ateliers d'Anthropologie, 2019. The Morosophistic Discourse of Ancient Prose Fiction, Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures, 2019. <i>Anth. Pal.</i> 14.34 and Achilles Tatius 2.14, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2005. Mythes enchâssés dans un roman grec, Pallas, 2009.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (118646710). Those registers additionally record the forms Achilles, Tatios, Achille, Tazio, Achilles, Achilles Tatius, Alexandrinus, Achilles Tatius, von Alexandreia, Achilles Tatius, Astronom, Achilleus, Tatios and Achilleus Tatios, Astronom.

Digitised editions and texts

13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

The Greek romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius; comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and The loves of Citopho and Leucippe (1901) — Internet Archive. Scriptores erotici graeci ... (1792) — Internet Archive. Scriptores erotici Graeci (1792) — Internet Archive. The loves of Clitophon and Leucippe. 1638 (1638) — Internet Archive. Achilles Tatius (1917) — Internet Archive. The Greek romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius (1912) — Internet Archive. Achille Tatio Alessandrino. Dell’amore Di Leucippe, & Di Clitophonte (1563) — Internet Archive. Achilleōs Tatiou Alexandreōs Erōtikōn biblia H (1792) — Internet Archive. A Lexicon To Achilles Tatius By James N. OSullivan ΑΧΙΛΛΕΩΣ ΤΑΤΙΟΥ ΛΕΞΙΚΟ . 1980 (1980) — Internet Archive. Achilles Tatius, with an English translation by S. Gaselee (1917) — Internet Archive. Leucippe and Clitophon: Books I, II | Achilles Tatius — Internet Archive. Achilleōs Tatiou Alexandreōs Erōtikōn, sive, De Clitophontis et Levcippes amoribvs, libri VIII (1776) — Internet Archive. The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius: Comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the loves of Clitopho and Leucippe — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 200Achilles Tatius born at Alexandria.
  2. 300Achilles Tatius died.
  3. 1638The loves of Clitophon and Leucippe. 1638 digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1640Erōtikōn Achilleōs Tatiou sive De Clitophontis & Levcippes amoribvs libri VIII ex editione Cl. Salmasii (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1720The amours of Clitophon and Leucippe . Illustrated, in six novels. Viz. I. The force of love described. ... Written in Greek, by Achilles Tatius. Now first rendred [sic] into English. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1792Scriptores erotici graeci ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1792Scriptores erotici Graeci digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1901The Greek romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius; comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and The loves of Citopho and Leucippe digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1912The Greek romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1917Achilles Tatius digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Achilles [Tatius], Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity

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  2. 2.

    Achilles Tatius, Brill’s New Pauly

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  3. 3.

    Achilles Tatius, SpringerReference

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  4. 4.

    Longus and Achilles Tatius, Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 11 articles naming Achilles Tatius.

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 118646710, Achilles Tatius, Astronomus.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 39 digitised items catalogued under Achilles Tatius as creator.

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  8. 8.

    Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to Achilles Tatius.

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Achilles Tatius.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q221951: Achilles Tatius

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Achilles Tatius”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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