ALEXIS, Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy, was born at Thurii and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen. He wrote during the latter half of the 4th century and perhaps the early part of the 5th. Plutarch says that he lived to the age of 106, and that he died on the stage while being crowned. Accord ing to Suidas, who calls him Menander's uncle, he wrote comedies, of which about 130 titles are preserved. The fragments (about ',coo lines) attest the wit and refinement of the author (Koch, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta).