Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, he explained eclipses and studied the size of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the behavior of meteors.
Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, he explained eclipses and studied the size of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the behavior of meteors. His views conflicted with the state religion; thus he was charged with impiety and banished from Athens. For ten points, identify this teacher of Thucydides, Euripides, and Pericles, who believed in a dualistic universe consisting of a chaotic mass of tiny particles or seeds that compose matter, and an ordering force that imparts motion.
Born in Clazomenae in Asia Minor, he explained eclipses and studied the size of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the behavior of meteors.
Anaxagoras