Achilles Statius (or Aquiles Estaço) (12 June 1524,

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– 17 September 1581) was a

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and writer, since 1555 living in Rome, where he was a secretary of the pope. Achilles Statius is now mostly known from his extensive

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commentary to

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, published in 1566.

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* 1524 births 1581 deaths People from Vidigueira Portuguese Renaissance writers Portuguese Renaissance humanists 16th-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-writer-stub