Pythagoras

Family: Greek · Role: philosopher · First appears: Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

• with Numa Pompilius (The chapter reports conflicting claims about whether Numa knew Pythagoras; the alleged connection is discussed throughout.) “Yet, in any case, Numa was descended of the Sabines, who declare themselves to be a colony of the Lacedaemonians.”
• with Epicharmus (interaction) “The comic writer Epicharmus, an ancient author, and of the school of Pythagoras”

Aemilius Paulus

• child: Mamercus “Mamercus, the son of Pythagoras”
• pupil: Numa “those authors who affirm that king Numa was pupil to Pythagoras”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.