---
name: Empedocles of Acragas
name_greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ὁ Ἀκραγαντίνος
eul_aid: die
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/empedocles-of-acragas-die"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric
affiliation: Presocratic
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Empedocles of Acragas

*Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ὁ Ἀκραγαντίνος*

**eul_aid:** `die` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/empedocles-of-acragas-die)

Empedocles, a presocratic philosopher from 5th century BCE Sicily. His surviving philosophical poems. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Epigram](https://eulogikon.org/works/empedocles-acragas-epigrams-die-ac) — *Ἐπίγραμμα* · `die-ac`
- [On Nature and Perception](https://eulogikon.org/works/empedocles-acragas-nature-perception-die-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `die-ab`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/empedocles-acragas-testimonies-die-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `die-aa`

## License and provenance

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