s from all ranks about his findings in mathematics and science, and also to learn more about these subjects. One of the first cities that Pythagoras went to was Egypt. It was then Pythagoras ¡§divided those who attended his lectures into two classes, whom we may term probationers and Pythagoreans.¡ The majority of the attendees were probationers (those who had broken some kind of law or another) and the latter were named the Pythagoreans (Ball, 20) From Egypt, Pythagoras then traveled to Croton, near Sicily, to establish schools for those who wanted to become educated in philosophy, politics, sciences, but primarily in mathematics. It has been recorded that Pythagoras met the daughter of one of his hosts, Theano. They got married disregarding their age difference. And Theano became very involved in her husband¡s work, she even wrote a biography about her husband. But th
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