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Ἄλεξις · Alexis (α 1138) · Suda

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α1134warder-off
α1135death-averting earth
α1136dart-averting
α1137for warding off evil
α1138Alexis
α1139charms
α1140warding off, resisting
α1141escape, haven
α1142but follow a country's ways

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Ἄλεξις

Alexis

Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 May 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

biography
chronology
comedy
geography

3 notes · 34 words

Translation

Of Thourioi, [the place] previously called Sybaris;¹ a comic playwright. He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright.² And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄλεξις, Θούριος, ὅστις πρότερον Σύβαρις ἐκαλεῖτο, κωμικός. ἐδίδαξε δράματα σμεʹ· γέγονε δὲ πάτρως Μενάνδρου τοῦ κωμικοῦ. ἔσχε δὲ υἱὸν Στέφανον, καὶ αὐτὸν κωμικόν.

Betacode

*)/alecis, *qou/rios, o(/stis pro/teron *su/baris e)kalei=to, kwmiko/s. e)di/dace dra/mata sme#: ge/gone de\ pa/trws *mena/ndrou tou= kwmikou=. e)/sxe de\ ui(o\n *ste/fanon, kai\ au)to\n kwmiko/n.

Notes (3)

c.375-c.275; OCD(4) s.v. (p.61); Kassel-Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci 2.21-195 (this Suda entry is testimonium #1 there).
1See OCD(4) s.v. Sybaris. ↩
2See under mu 589. ↩
3See, rather, under alpha 2735. He is Kassel-Austin, PCG 7.614-615; there is one surviving fragment.

References

W.G. Arnott, Alexis, The Fragments: A Commentary (Cambridge 1996)

Linked from1 entry

α335ἈγωνίςAgonisA name of a courtesan.

Neighbouring entries

α1136Ἀλεξιβέλεμνονdart-averting α1137Ἀλεξίκακονfor warding off evil α1138ἌλεξιςAlexis α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms α1140Ἀλεξόμενονwarding off, resisting

Revision history9 revisions · last 27 Dec 2014

27 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
27 Dec 2014another note and keyword — David Whitehead
22 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
30 Jul 2014updated refs — David Whitehead
3 Feb 2012x-refs; tweaks — David Whitehead
28 Sep 2005Added italics; cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
27 Jan 2001modified headword and translation; added note and bibliography — David Whitehead
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3 May 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄλεξις (Adler number alpha 1138), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 3 May 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1138

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Elizabeth Vandiver, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗