Xenophanes
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title:
Xenophanes
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Xenophanes of Colophon was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and critic of Homer from Ionia who travelled throughout the Greek-speaking world in early Classical Antiquity. As a poet, Xenophanes was known for his critical style, writing poems that are considered among the first satires. He also composed elegiac couplets that criticised his society's traditional values of wealth, excesses, and athletic victories. He also criticised Homer and the other poets in his works for representing the g
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Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes
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2003-05-08T14:05:05Z
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2024-09-12T06:17:13Z
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