Latin Midterm Poets
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DanielleBoyd130900 on December 13, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 lived from... | 570-early 5th century B.C |
| where was he born? | Colophon |
| at what age did he leave Colophon? | 25 |
| he often wrote about this | Croesus, King of Lydia's time of peace and prosperity |
| Xenophanes spend most of his life as | greek wanderer in the free greek world |
| Xenophanes died | southern Italy |
| Xenophanes poems mostly express | radical opinions |
| 2 ideas Xenophanes rejected | worship of athletes, and idea of anthropomorphic Gods |
| Xenophanes loved the idea of | monotheism |
| if a horse or lion or a slow ox had agile hands for paint and scultpture... | Xenophanes |
| our gods have flar noses and black skins... | Xenophanes |
| there is one God-supreme among gods and men | Xenophanes |
| the gods did not enrich man with the knowlege of all things | Xenophanes |
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