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title: Testimony
author: Xenophanes of Colophon
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# Testimony

**Author:** Xenophanes of Colophon

**eul_wid:** `beu-af` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-testimony-beu-af)

## Text

<!-- 3b,450,T.1 --><cite>Λαέρτιος Διογένης</cite>

ἐποίησε δὲ καὶ Κολοφῶνος κτίσιν καὶ τὸν εἰς Ἐλέαν τῆς Ἰταλίας ἀποικισμόν, ἔπη δισχίλια.

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