---
name: Parmenides of Elea
name_greek: Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης
eul_aid: bke
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/parmenides-of-elea-bke"
period: Archaic
dialect: Epic (Homeric) (frg)
affiliation: Eleatic
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Parmenides of Elea

*Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης*

**eul_aid:** `bke` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/parmenides-of-elea-bke)

Parmenides, pre-Socratic philosopher and founder of the Eleatic school. Surviving fragments of his poem. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On the Nature of Being](https://eulogikon.org/works/parmenides-elea-nature-being-bke-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `bke-ab`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/parmenides-elea-testimonies-bke-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `bke-aa`

## License and provenance

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