Xenophanes

Xenophanes of Colophon was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, poet, and critic of Homer. He was born in Ionia and travelled throughout the Greek-speaking world in early classical antiquity.

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Who was born first?

• Xenophanes was born 2 years before Śāriputra
• Xenophanes was born 10 years after Pherecydes of Syros
• Xenophanes was born 19 years before Confucius
• Xenophanes was born 30 years after Chilon of Sparta
• Xenophanes was born 30 years after Bias of Priene

Timeline

1. Bias of Prienecirca 600 BC – circa 530 BC
2. Chilon of Spartacirca 600 BC – circa 520 BC
3. Pherecydes of Syroscirca 580 BC – circa 499 BC
4. Xenophanes (this page)570 BC – circa 478 BC
5. Śāriputra568–484 BC
6. Confuciuscirca 551 BC – circa 479 BC

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