Sill
Sillen (from Greek: sílloi ) are a form of Greek derisively and satirical poems . Their main representative was Timon von Phleius .
In his Sillen, a collection of hexametric poems that were partly a parody of Homer's epics, Timon von Phleius criticized the teachings of all philosophers except the skeptics and only excludes Xenophanes von Kolophon from his mockery. In the second and third volumes he appears actively in dialogue by answering the speaker's questions. For this reason, the satirical works of Xenophanes himself, in which he criticized the Homeric and Hesiodic myths of the gods, were later referred to as Sillen. Xenophanes is therefore considered to be the founder of this lyrical form.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Steinmetz , Severin Koster : Kleine Schriften , 2000, Franz Steiner Verlag, p. 51.