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AT A GLANCE

Pythagoras
BIRTH :


(Around) 565 B.C. (Around) 490 B.C. in Island Samos – Aegean Sea at Metaponteum

DEATH :

Off Coast of Asia-Minor 100 miles north of Croton near Gulf of Tarantum.
Greek philosopher, religious thinker and mathematician was known for ‘Pythagoras Theorem’. Son of Mnesarchos, he established a religious society at Croton, and his followers were known as Pythagoreans. His enemies forced him to escape to Metaponteum, where he died.

He wrote nothing though numerous works are attributed to him.

A MAP OF PYTHAGOREAN AGE