Silloi
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Silloi is a lost satirical poem by the pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon, in which he mocked and critiqued the anthropomorphic depiction of the gods and the ideas of earlier thinkers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek poem
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lost poem ⓘ satirical poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Colophon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Xenophanes of Colophon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
Hesiodic theology
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Homeric theology ⓘ anthropomorphic depiction of the gods ⓘ earlier thinkers ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | later ancient critiques of anthropomorphism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early Greek religious beliefs ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
irony
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mockery ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| medium | hexameter verse ⓘ |
| partOf | Xenophanes’ poetic corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionExpressed |
conception of a single greatest god
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rejection of anthropomorphic gods ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
critique of traditional religion
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epistemology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
ancient commentators on Xenophanes
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later doxographical tradition ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost work ⓘ |
| survivesAs |
fragments
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testimonia in later authors ⓘ |
| tradition | Presocratic philosophy ⓘ |
| workOf | Xenophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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