Most people don’t remember math class, but they do remember Pythagoras. Now, more than 2,500 years after his time, we dive into his hidden history as a possible cult leader.

According to Dicaearchus, a one-time pupil of Aristotle, Pythagoras was tall, attractive, and alluring.He had a natural charisma that was heightened by his unusual style of dress: he wore a white ...

Beyond the fact that he was born on the Greek isle of Samos around 569 B.C. and died around 475 B.C., not much is known about him. Pythagoras left no writings, but he did found a sect (or, what some ...

Pythagoras had some pretty strange beliefs, even for his time. You probably weren't taught in math that he ran a commune that forbade followers from wearing wool, and forced them to put on the ...

Some of you know Pythagoras as the guy who correctly came up with the ratio of the sides of a right triangle. Now it’s time you know him as a murderous cult leader. Maybe. The dry, yet powerful ...

Pythagoras was a smart guy: sure, he had some pretty rogue beliefs about beans, but the man knew his triangles, something ...

So even though Pythagoras basically established a religious cult, he and his followers still expanded the Greek quest to explain the cosmos. And that’s where math came in. The universe is made ...