Pythagoras, Pythagoras life is recognized not only by their mathematical theories and their development of geometry, but also as one of the great initiates of antiquity. Multitude of legends have woven around his life. He was born around 582 BC on the island of Samos, one of the Greek islands known as the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. His name is related to Delphi, the holiest Center of antique purple Python snake that the God beat Apolo instituting as well in that place its shrine and Oracle. Pythia was the Priestess at Delphi and in charge of the Oracle. In honor to her parents of Pythagoras put name his son, since, according to tradition, this prophesied his birth, who became a man different from all the others by his wisdom and inner beauty and that would be useful to all mankind.
Thus, according to Rene Guenon, the name of Pythagoras would mean guide of the Pythia, epiceto applied to the same God Apollo. We know that at the age of 18 years Pythagoras participated in the Olympic Games and won several awards. He was a pupil of Thales of Miletus and traveled to Egypt where he lived for 20 years, was imprisoned and sent to Babylon where he lived another 20 years. On his return he settled in Croton, Greek city of the South of Italy, where 529 B.c. founded her school which was essentially a school of mysteries and passed to posterity as the brotherhood of the Pythagorean. In Croton lived Milon, a man of good economic position that was interested in philosophy and mathematics, and made available to Pythagoras the place where would install your school. Diogenes Laertios, in his life of philosophers referred to Pythagoras in the following terms: very young pushed by their desire for wisdom, still, left their homeland to start in both Greek and barbarian rites.