  Anaxagoras’ views appear among Socrates’ survey of previous naturalistic theories of explanation (Phaedo 96a6 ff.). More ominously, Meletus seems to have attributed Anaxagoras’ claims about the earthy nature of the moon and stars to Socrates at his trial (see Plato’s Apology 26e7ff., 59 A35). Although Anaxagoras’ alleged indictment for impiety was probably as much political as a sign of his danger to public religion (attacking Anaxagoras was an indirect attack on Pericles), he was seen as important and influential enough to qualify to some as an enemy of the polis.