Samos: Pythagoras and the Heraion.

by Jill Dudley

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Jill Dudley writes about the arrival on the island from mainland Greece of the goddess Hera, and the great temple built in her honour on Samos. She gives an account of the life of the sixth century B.C. astronomer and mathematician Pythagoras who lived under the rule of the tyrant Polycrates, and describes the cave where Pythagoras lived and taught. She also writes about the visit paid to the island of St. John the Evangelist.
  • ISBN10 0995578117
  • ISBN13 9780995578111
  • Publish Date 3 April 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Orpington Publishers
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 15
  • Language English