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Alexis

372 BC - 270 BC

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Alexis (Ancient Greek: Ἄλεξις; fl. 350s – 288 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born in Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion (Οἶον) and the tribe Leontides. It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexis is the 2,102nd most popular writer (up from 5,269th in 2019), the 2,104th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,766th in 2019) and the 139th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexis ranks 2,102 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad ibn Mājid, Thomas Merton, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mircea Cărtărescu, Cleitarchus, and Kâtip Çelebi. After him are Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Edmond Hamilton, Tin Ujević, Tomé Pires, and Jordan of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 372 BC, Alexis ranks 2. Before him is Mencius.  Among people deceased in 270 BC, Alexis ranks 3. Before him are Arsinoe II, and Polemon. After him is Manius Curius Dentatus.

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    Mencius

    PHILOSOPHER

    372 BC - 289 BC

    HPI: 79.37

    Rank: 1

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    Alexis

    WRITER

    372 BC - 270 BC

    HPI: 62.90

    Rank: 2

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alexis ranks 2,104 out of 5,161. Before him are Scipione Rebiba (1504), Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Luigi Allemandi (1903), Aldo Ciccolini (1925), Achille Varzi (1904), and Riccardo Paletti (1958). After him are Alessandro Achillini (1463), Albert Anastasia (1902), Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (-230), Maria Salviati (1499), Antipope Innocent III (1150), and Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alexis ranks 139. Before him are Philemon (-362), Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Aloysius Bertrand (1807), Salvadore Cammarano (1801), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), and Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532). After him are Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365), Eugenio Barba (1936), Cangrande I della Scala (1291), Caecilius Statius (-230), Luigi Pulci (1432), and Cesare Zavattini (1902).

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