Alexis
(
Ἄλεξις). One of the most prolific and important writers
of the Middle Attic Comedy, and uncle to
Menander
(q.v.). He was born at Thurii, B.C. 392, and is said to have lived to the age of one hundred
and six years, and to have died on the stage with the crown of victory on his head. Some two
hundred and forty-five plays are attributed to him, of which numerous extracts are still
extant and display both wit and elegance. They are edited by Hirschig
(1840). See
Comoedia.