Editing Anaxagoras (section)

==Biography==
Anaxagoras was born in the town of [[Clazomenae]] in the early 5th century BC,{{sfn|Curd|2019|loc=1}} where he may have been born into an aristocratic family.{{sfn|DK 59A1}}{{sfn|Curd|2019|loc=1}} He arrived at Athens, either shortly after the Persian war (in which he may have fought on the Persian side),{{sfn|Copleston|2003|page=66}} or at some point when he was a bit older, around 456 BC.{{sfn|Curd|2019|loc=1}} While at Athens, he became close with the Athenian statesman [[Pericles]].{{sfn|Curd|2019|loc=1}} According to [[Diogenes Laërtius]] and [[Plutarch]], in later life he was charged with [[impiety]] and went into exile in [[Lampsacus]]; the charges may have been political, owing to his association with [[Pericles]], if they were not fabricated by later ancient biographers.{{sfn|Filonik|2013|pages=26–33}} According to Laërtius, Pericles spoke in defense of Anaxagoras at his trial{{efn|Laertius 2.15}}, {{circa|450|lk=no}}. Even so, Anaxagoras was forced to retire from Athens to [[Lampsacus]] in [[Troad]] ({{circa|434}}{{snd}}433). He died there around the year 428. Citizens of Lampsacus erected an altar to Mind and Truth in his memory and observed the anniversary of his death for many years. They placed over his grave the following inscription:<blockquote>'' Here Anaxagoras, who in his quest of truth scaled heaven itself, is laid to rest.{{efn|{{langx|grc|ἐνθάδε, πλεῖστον ἀληθείας ἐπὶ τέρμα περήσας οὐρανίου κόσμου, κεῖται Ἀναξαγόρας.}}}}{{efn|Laertius 2.15}}''</blockquote>
Additionally, in his honor, the annual celebration known as the [[Anaxagoreia]] was established.{{efn|Laertius 2.3}}