» For the skipper butterfly genus, see Xenophanes (butterfly).Xenophanes of Colophon' (Greek Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος; 570 – 480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations by later Greek writers. His poetry criticize… (More on Xenophanes)