- Alexis
Alexis (
Ancient Greek :polytonic|Ἄλεξις, c. 375 BC – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comicpoet of theMiddle Comedy , born atThurii and taken early toAthens , ["Suda " "s.v." polytonic|Ἄλεξις] where he became a citizen, of thedeme "Oion" (polytonic|Οἶον), and the tribeLeontides . [Stephanus of Byzantium , "s.v." polytonic|Ἄλεξις] cite encyclopedia | last = Greenhill | first = William Alexander | authorlink = | title = Alexis (1) | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 128-129 | publisher =Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=143]He won his first
Lenaean victory in the 350s BC, most likely, where he was sixth after Eubulus, and fourth afterAntiphanes .Plutarch says that he lived to the age of 106, and that he died on the stage while being crowned. [Plutarch , "Defect. Orac." p. 420 e] 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. [Theodor Kock , "Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta"] The "Suda " also calls himZoe 'suncle , but an anonymoustractate on comedy more plausibly states that Menander was his pupil. Alexis was known in Roman times;Aulus Gellius noted that Alexis' poetry was used by Roman comedians, includingTurpilius and possiblyPlautus .References
Other sources
*Arnott, W. Geoffrey. Alexis: The Fragments. A Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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