Alexis - Surviving Titles and Fragments

Surviving Titles and Fragments

Only fragments of any of the plays have survived - about 340 in all, totaling about 1,000 lines. They attest to the wit and refinement of the author, which Athenaeus praises. The surviving fragments also show that Alexis invented a great deal of words, mostly compound words, that he used normal words in an unusual way, and made strange and unusual forms of common words. The main sources of the fragments of Alexis are Stobaeus and Athenaeus.

The following 139 titles of Alexis's plays have been preserved:

  • Achaiis ("The Achaean Woman")
  • Adelphoi ("The Brothers")
  • Agonis, or Hippiskos
  • Aichmalotos ("Prisoner of War")
  • Aiopoloi ("Goat-Herders")
  • Aisopos ("Aesop")
  • Aleiptria ("Female Physical Trainer")
  • Ampelourgos ("The Vine-Dresser")
  • Amphotis
  • Ankylion
  • Anteia
  • Apeglaukomenos
  • Apobates ("The Trick Rider")
  • Apokoptomenos
  • Archilochos
  • Asklepiokleides
  • Asotodidaskalos
  • Atalante
  • Atthis
  • Bomos ("Altar")
  • Bostrychos ("Lock of Hair")
  • Brettia ("The Bruttian Woman")
  • Choregis
  • Daktylios ("The Ring")
  • Demetrios, or Philetairus
  • Diapleousai ("Women Sailing Across The Sea")
  • Didymoi ("Twins")
  • Dis Penthon ("Twice Grieving")
  • Dorkis, or Poppyzousa ("Lip-Smacking Woman")
  • Dropides
  • Eis To Phrear ("Into The Well")
  • Eisoikizomenos ("Banished Man")
  • Ekkeryttomenos
  • Ekpomatopoios ("Cup-Maker")
  • Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus")
  • Epikleros ("The Heiress")
  • Epistole ("The Letter")
  • Epitropos ("Guardian", or "Protector")
  • Eretrikos ("Man From Eretria")
  • Erithoi ("Weavers"), or Pannychis ("All-Night Festival")
  • Galateia ("Galatea")
  • Graphe ("The Document")
  • Gynaikokratia ("Government By Women")
  • Helene ("Helen")
  • Helenes Arpage ("Helen's Capture")
  • Helenes Mnesteres ("Helen's Suitors")
  • Hellenis ("The Greek Woman")
  • Hepta Epi Thebais ("Seven Against Thebes")
  • Hesione ("Hesione")
  • Hippeis ("Knights")
  • Homoia
  • Hypnos ("Sleep")
  • Hypobolimaios ("The Changeling")
  • Iasis ("The Cure, or Remedy")
  • Isostasion
  • Kalasiris
  • Karchedonios ("The Man From Carthage")
  • Katapseudomenos ("The False Accuser")
  • Kaunioi ("The Men From Kaunos")
  • Keryttomenos
  • Kitharodos
  • Kleobouline ("Cleobuline")
  • Knidia ("The Woman From Cnidus")
  • Koniates ("Plasterer")
  • Kouris ("The Lady Hairdresser")
  • Krateuas, or Pharmakopoles ("Pharmacist")
  • Kybernetes ("The Pilot or Helmsman")
  • Kybeutai ("Dice-Players")
  • Kyknos ("The Swan")
  • Kyprios ("The Cypriot Man")
  • Lampas ("The Torch")
  • Lebes ("The Cauldron")
  • Leukadia ("Woman From Leucas"), or Drapetai ("Female Runaways")
  • Leuke
  • Lemnia ("The Woman From Lemnos")
  • Linos ("Linus")
  • Lokroi ("The Locrians")
  • Lykiskos
  • Mandragorizomene ("Mandrake-Drugged Woman")
  • Manteis ("Diviners," or "Seers")
  • Meropis ("Meropis")
  • Midon ("Midon")
  • Milesia ("Milesian Woman")
  • Milkon ("Milcon")
  • Minos ("Minos")
  • Mylothros ("The Miller")
  • Odysseus Aponizomenos ("Odysseus Washing Himself")
  • Odysseus Hyphainon ("Odysseus Weaving Cloth")
  • Olympiodoros
  • Olynthia ("The Woman From Olynthos")
  • Opora ("Autumn")
  • Orchestris ("The Dancing-Girl")
  • Orestes ("Orestes")
  • Pallake ("Concubine")
  • Pamphile
  • Pankratiastes
  • Parasitos ("Parasite")
  • Pezonike
  • Phaidon, or Phaidrias
  • Phaidros ("Phaedrus")
  • Philathenaios ("Lover of the Athenian People")
  • Philiskos
  • Philokalos, or Nymphai ("Nymphs")
  • Philotragodos ("Lover of Tragedies")
  • Philousa
  • Phryx ("The Phrygian")
  • Phygas ("Fugitive")
  • Poietai ("Poets")
  • Poietria ("The Poetess")
  • Polykleia ("Polyclea")
  • Ponera ("Wicked Woman")
  • Pontikos ("The Man From Pontus")
  • Proskedannymenos
  • Protochoros ("First Chorus")
  • Pseudomenos ("The Lying Man")
  • Pylaia
  • Pyraunos
  • Pythagorizousa ("Female Disciple of Pythagoras")
  • Rhodion, or Poppyzousa ("Lip-Smacking Woman")
  • Sikyonios ("Man From Sicyon")
  • Skeiron
  • Sorakoi
  • Spondophoros ("Libation-Bearer")
  • Stratiotes ("Soldier")
  • Synapothneskontes ("Men Dying Together")
  • Syntrechontes
  • Syntrophoi
  • Syrakosios ("Man From Syracuse")
  • Tarantinoi ("Men From Tarentum")
  • Thebaioi ("Men From Thebes")
  • Theophoretos ("Possessed by a God")
  • Thesprotoi ("Men From Thesprotia")
  • Theteuontes ("Serfs")
  • Thrason ("Thrason")
  • Titthe ("Wet-Nurse")
  • Tokistes ("Money-Lender"), or Katapseudomenos ("The False Accuser")
  • Traumatias ("The Wounded Man")
  • Trophonios ("Trophonius")
  • Tyndareos ("Tyndareus")

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