pythagroras

Updated: July 4, 2026

Pythagroras was a native of Samos, but emigrated to Croton, where he met with the most wonderful success in the propagation of his views. He established a kind of religious brotherhood, closely united by a sacred vow. They believed in the transmigration of souls, and their whole training was designed to make them temperate and self-denying.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest