Who Did Pythagoras Teach

Pythagoras was taught mathematics by Thales, who brought mathematics to the Greeks from Ancient Egypt, and by Anaximander, who was an earlier student of Thales. Thales advised Pythagoras to visit Egypt, which he did when he was about 22 years old.

Who did Pythagoras mentor?

Anaximander was about Pythagoras age and Thales was old. However, Thales was Pythagoras mentor who encourage him to continue his education in Egypt on astronomy and mathematics. Anaximander influences Pythagoras to invent the Pythagorean theorem since he was interested in geometry and cosmology.

Was Pythagoras married?

According to tradition, Theano was the wife of Pythagoras. Some sources claim that she and her two daughters carried on the Pythagorean School after the death of Pythagoras and that she wrote treatises on mathematics, physics, medicine, and child psychology.