a famous grammarian and commentator upon the Homeric poems, born at Oasis in the land of Apis, though he called himself an Alexandrian. He flourished A.D. 30, and was conspicuous for his opposition to the Jews. Some fragments of his writings are extant, including the story of Androclus and the Lion, preserved in Aulus Gellius; and his treatise against the Jews, preserved with the works of Josephus, who wrote a reply to it.