Enc. Am., 1975 (Xenophanes; Greek philosopher and poet; b. Colophon, Ionia, ca. 590 B.C. (in scholarly dispute); d. probably Sicily, ca. 478 B.C.)
Enc. Brit., 1972 (Xenophanes; 6th-5th cent. B.C.; Greek religious thinker and poet; reputed founder of Eleatic school of philos.; probably b. ca. 570 B.C.; native of Colophon, Ionia; not less than 92 when he died)