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Alexis

372 BC - 270 BC

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Alexis (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexis has received more than 183,792 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexis is the 4,791st most popular writer (down from 4,524th in 2019), the 3,410th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,132nd in 2019) and the 244th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 45.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexis ranks 4,791 out of 5,755Before him are John Varley, Kiki Dimoula, Robert Greene, Shrilal Shukla, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and Constantin von Wurzbach. After him are Vikenty Veresaev, Edward Carpenter, Jean Vautrin, Tobias Wolff, Heðin Brú, and Anna Brigadere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 372 BC, Alexis ranks 2Before him is Mencius.  Among people deceased in 270 BC, Alexis ranks 4Before him are Arsinoe II, Polemon, and Manius Curius Dentatus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alexis ranks 3,410 out of 4,668Before him are Clarice Benini (1905), Paola Pitagora (1941), Gino Bramieri (1928), Riccardo Montolivo (1985), Alfredo Dinale (1900), and Tiziano Ferro (1980). After him are Antonio Pesenti (1908), Bruno Mora (1937), Nino Defilippis (1932), Anna Oxa (1961), Franco Riccardi (1905), and Alvaro Vitali (1950).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Alexis ranks 244Before him are Angelo de Gubernatis (1840), Giovanni Berchet (1783), Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719), Vitaliano Brancati (1907), Gesualdo Bufalino (1920), and Niccolò Ammaniti (1966). After him are Edoardo Sanguineti (1930), Simon Gregorčič (1844), Federico Moccia (1963), Anna Maria Ortese (1914), Riccardo Bacchelli (1891), and Mario Luzi (1914).