Life Of Pythagoras
Pythagoras was a phenomenal man. He was born in Samos, Greece in 570 BC. His interests ranged from mathematics to music to politics. He was an outstanding mathematician of his time and contributed to many basic geometry theories. As a child, Pythagoras travelled around a lot and used to recite the poems of Homer. Considering some of Homer's poems are 400+ pages, this would be very impressive coming from a child. As an adult, Pythagoras travelled to Egypt and became a priest for the temple of Diospolis (Zeus-City). He took part in several discussions with the Egyptian priests and embraced the various customs of Egyptian priests such as secrecy, not eating beans and wearing clothes that are not made from animal skins. During this time in Egypt Pythagoras specialized in Geometry and Mathematics. Pythagoras also established a school in Samos called the "Semicircle". Pythagoras married Theano, who was a native of Croton. He had one son named Telauges and three daughters Myia, Damo and Arignote. There is specualtion about the death of Pythagoras. Some historians say Pythagoras died with his disciples in a Temple. Other historians say Pythagoras ran away and starved himself to death.