Epimenides of Crete

E75013

person philosopher poet semi-legendary figure

Epimenides of Crete was a semi-legendary 6th-century BCE Cretan philosopher and poet, traditionally credited with a famous self-referential paradox about Cretans always being liars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Epimenides	3
Epimenides of Crete canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ semi-legendary figure ⓘ
activePeriod	6th century BCE ⓘ
associatedCity	Knossos ⓘ Phaistos ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian religious purification (traditional accounts) ⓘ liar paradox tradition ⓘ self-referential paradoxes ⓘ
attributedWork	Cretica ⓘ
category	Pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Minoan civilization ⓘ surface form: Ancient Crete
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
deathPlace	Crete ⓘ surface form: Crete (traditional)
era	Pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Cretan ⓘ
floruit	circa 6th century BCE ⓘ
genre	didactic poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
historicity	partly historical, partly legendary ⓘ
influenceOn	Christian theological literature ⓘ later discussions of the liar paradox ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedBy	Christian authors ⓘ later Greek authors ⓘ
mythicStatus	semi-legendary ⓘ
name	Epimenides of Crete self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epimenides
notableFor	Epimenides paradox ⓘ religious and moral reforms in Greek cities ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ seer ⓘ
paradoxName	Epimenides paradox ⓘ
paradoxType	liar-type paradox ⓘ self-referential paradox ⓘ
quotedIn	Epistle to Titus 1:12 ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Greek world ⓘ
religiousRole	prophet-like figure ⓘ purifier ⓘ
religiousTradition	Greek religion ⓘ
sourceOfQuotation	line quoted in the New Testament Letter to Titus ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith	formulating the Epimenides paradox about Cretans being liars ⓘ
traditionalSaying	“Cretans, always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies” ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

liar paradox → historicalAttribution → Epimenides of Crete ⓘ

Epimenides paradox → namedAfter → Epimenides of Crete ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epimenides

Epimenides paradox → hasHistoricalSource → Epimenides of Crete ⓘ

Epimenides of Crete → name → Epimenides of Crete self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epimenides

Cretica → traditionallyAttributedTo → Epimenides of Crete ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epimenides