This article attempts to relate theology of Xenophanes with worldview that goes back to epic poetry and to find traces of new religiosity in century VI B. C. Possibility to find traces of Pythagorism in fragments forces us to suggest a necessary relation between defense of a new faith and criticism of traditional religion. Xenophanes ascribes to god four characteristics: oneness, immobility, spirituality, eternity. It is possible to find in Homer's work a precedent of some attributes and it is possible too to recognize influence of new mystery religions that reform many religious concepts or reject them because of incompatibility between immorality and divinity.
Keywords:
Xenophanes, theology, god, traditional religion, moral
Carrasco Meza, C. G. (2010). Tradition in Xenophanes’s theology. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (29), Pág. 55–72. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/18106
