Alexis 1614 225310225 2008-07-13T00:52:42Z MrOllie 6908984 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Oceanpotion1919|Oceanpotion1919]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:71.176.56.146|71.176.56.146]]. ([[WP:TW|TW]]) {{Unreferenced|date=November 2007}} {{otheruses}} '''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]] [[ca:Alexis de Thuris]] [[es:Alexis de Turio]] [[fr:Alexis le Comique]] [[gl:Alexis de Thuris]] [[it:Alessi (comico)]] [[hu:Alexisz]]