Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Born in Clazomenae at a time when Asia Minor was under the control of the Persian Empire, Anaxagoras came to Athens. In later life he was charged with impiety and went into exile in Lampsacus.
- Occupation
- mathematician, philosopher, physicist, astronomer
- Born
- 500 BC
- Died
- 428 BC
