---
name: Xenophanes of Colophon
name_greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος
eul_aid: beu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/xenophanes-of-colophon-beu"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic (frg)
affiliation: Presocratic
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Xenophanes of Colophon

*Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος*

**eul_aid:** `beu` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/xenophanes-of-colophon-beu)

Xenophanes of Colophon, Ionian poet and presocratic philosopher. Surviving fragments of his verse. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Epigram](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-epigram-beu-ae) — *Ἐπίγραμμα* · `beu-ae`
- [Fragments Silli and-Nature](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-silli-nature-beu-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα Σίλλοι καὶ Περὶ φύσεως* · `beu-aa`
- [On Piety and Festivity](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-piety-festivity-beu-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `beu-ac`
- [Symposium and Piety Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-symposium-piety-beu-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `beu-ad`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-testimonies-beu-ab) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `beu-ab`

## License and provenance

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