← XenophanesFragmentsby XenophanesPhilosophical fragments from the pre-Socratic poet and thinkerFind on Amazon↗About the authorXenophanesGreek philosopher and poet who used verse to critique the Homeric gods. His satirical fragments on traditional religion are among the first known Western critiques of anthropomorphism.More by XenophanesSilloiSatirical poems mocking Homer, Hesiod, and traditional theology→ElegiesElegiac and philosophical verses on nature and religious critique→