Alexis (Ancient Greek: Ἄλεξις, c.394 BC – c.288 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born at 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. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Alexis was the paternal uncle of the dramatist Menander and wrote 245 comedies, of which only fragments now survive, including some 130 preserved titles.

It was said he had a son, called Stephanus, who also wrote comedies. He appears to have been rather addicted to the pleasures of the table, according to Athenaeus.

He won his first Lenaean victory in the 350s BC, most likely, where he was sixth after Eubulus, and fourth after Antiphanes. While being a Middle Comic poet, Alexis was contemporary with several leading figures of New Comedy, such as Philippides, Philemon, Diphilus, and even Menander. There is also some evidence that, during his old age, he wrote plays in the style of New Comedy.

Alexis Christoforous (b. October 19, 1970) is an Emmy-nominated New York-based correspondent for CBS News specializing in business and consumer news since 2005. Her reports have been seen on CBS' "The Early Show", "[[CBS Evening News] Weekend", "CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood" "CBS Up to the Minute", "CBS This Morning" as well as over 200 local CBS affiliate stations internationally. Her reports can also be heard on the CBS Radio Network and WCBS Newsradio 880.

From 1999-2005 Christoforous was anchor and correspondent for CBS Marketwatch where she anchored the nationally syndicated program "MarketWatch Weekend". She was also and continues to be a fill-in anchor for the local CBS affiliate, WCBS-TV, New York.

In addition to her business reporting, Christoforous conducts many newsmaker and entertainment interviews, including Madonna, Tom Cruise, Ringo Starr, Tony Bennett and Francis Ford Coppola.

Christoforous graduated cum laude from New York University with a degree in English and Journalism. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.