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'''Alexis''' (c. [[375 BC]] – c. [[275 BC]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[comedian|comic]] [[poet]] of the [[Middle Comedy]], born at [[Thurii]] and taken early to [[Athens]], where he became a citizen.
He won his first [[Lenaean]] victory in the [[350s BC]], most likely, where he was sixth after [[Eubulus (poet)|Eubulus]], and fourth after [[Antiphanes]].
[[Plutarch]] says that he lived to the age of 106, and that he died on the stage while being crowned. According to the ''[[Suda]]'', he wrote 245 comedies, of which some 130 titles are preserved. Only fragments of any of the plays have survived - about 340 in all, totaling about 1,000 lines. They attest to the wit and refinement of the author (see [[Theodor Kock]], ''Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta'').
The ''Suda'' also calls him [[Zoe]]'s [[uncle]], but an anonymous [[tractate]] on comedy more plausibly states that Menander was his pupil. Alexis was known in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times; [[Aulus Gellius]] noted that Alexis' poetry were used by Roman comedians, including [[Turpilius]] and possibly [[Plautus]].
[[Category:Ancient Greek poets]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek centenarians]]
[[Category:375 BC births]]
[[Category:275 BC deaths]]
[[Category:Comic poets]]
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