The Greek mathematician Pythagorus, considered the founder of mathematics, left his home in Samos for Egypt in 535 BCE. A decade later he was captured and taken prisoner to Babylon. In 520 he was able to return to Samos and started a school there and later in southern Italy. While looking over some texts in the megasite archive.org, I came across an oddly titled 1839 book of essays on past “worthies” from the biblical patriarchs to Lord Nelson. A poem on Pythagorus caught my eye…