Anaxagoras
Greek
Philosopher. His life expressed the value of scientific or at least pre-scientific curiosity, inquiry, and speculation. He was charged with religious deviance, and was forced into exile from Athens.
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| 570–480 BCE | Xenophanes |
| 435–354 BCE | Xenophon |
| 460–400 BCE | Thucydides |
| 496–406 BCE | Sophocles |
| 469–399 BCE | Socrates |
| 556–468 BCE | Simonides of Ceos |
| 490–421 BCE | Protagoras |
| 428–347 BCE | Plato |
| 495–429 BCE | Pericles |
| 515–445 BCE | Parmenides |
| ?–480 BCE | Leonidas |
| fl. c. 450–? BCE | Leucippus |
| 436–338 BCE | Isocrates |
| fl. 450 BCE | Hippias of Elis |
| 460–377 BCE | Hippocrates |
| 485–425 BCE | Herodotos |
| ?–460 BCE | Heraclitus |
| 485–380 BCE | Gorgias |
| 480–406 BCE | Euripides |
| 460–370 BCE | Democritus |
| fl. 450 BCE | Aspasia |
| 448–388 BCE | Aristophanes |
| 445–365 BCE | Antisthenes |
| 570–475 BCE | Anacreon |
| 525–456 BCE | Aeschylus |
