The work of Empedocles and the kindred works of xenophanes and Parmenides are inspired not by the passion of art but by the enthusiasm of discovery.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
It had driven xenophanes into open revolt, it had exercised the mind of the reverent Pindar and the sceptical Euripides.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Since the days of xenophanes and of Plato, philosophy had revolted against the degradation of the Divine character by ancient legend.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
