Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy.
Born: Samos, Greece
Died: Metapontum Village, Italy
Full name: Pythagoras of Samos
Children: Arignote, Damo, Aesara, Myia, Telauges, Mnesarchus
Parents: Mnesarchus, Pythais
Siblings: Themistoclea, Eunomus, Tyrrhenus
