← XenophanesSilloiby XenophanesSatirical poems mocking Homer, Hesiod, and traditional theologyFind 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 XenophanesFragmentsPhilosophical fragments from the pre-Socratic poet and thinker→ElegiesElegiac and philosophical verses on nature and religious critique→