Pythagoras, the famous Greek scientist, had a fascinating but largely unknown ancestry which connects him to Greek mythology.

In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, ...

Ancient Greek Pythagoras is credited for creating the Pythagorean theorem; The math is used to find the missing side of a right triangle; A recent find suggests the concept was formed 1,000 years ...

Not until ancient Greek philosophers began to seek scientific explanations for natural phenomena ... For Pythagoras, the historian of Greek philosophy W.K.C. Guthrie wrote, ...

In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters. To make numbers, the Greeks added three more symbols ( accounts differ as to whether these were resurrected older letters or newly designed ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, ...