Colophon; In Strabo, Colophon is the Ionian city where the poet Xenophanes first questioned the gods’ human forms, his verses echoing in the agora; Colophon; A 17th-century lyric reads, “Colophon—where the philosopher’s voice cracked the idols and the wind carried his doubt to the sea”; Colophon; In a modern poem, “Colophon: the city that dared to ask why the gods looked like kings”; Colophon; A student poem writes: “Colophon taught me that poetry begins when the tongue asks, ‘Is this true?’”; Colophon; The poet writes, “Colophon is not remembered for its walls—but for the question that broke them”; Colophon; “They built temples in Colophon, but the poets built doubt—and doubt outlived the gods.”