What is your opinion about Anaxagoras influence on cosmological ideas of Neoplatonists and Christian Neoplatonists, like Origen? Professor Tzamalikos thoroughly explaines the connection between them in his book "The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and Late Antiquity". Btw great introductory text, as always.
RE: Ancient philosophy. Anaxagor - the reconciliation of the teachings of the Elates with the teachings of Heraclitus