The strangest (and sexiest) of the legends surrounding the aura of Pythagoras is that he had a golden thigh that he would show to impress people he wanted to join his cult.
Pythagorean theorem, mathematics
A legend surrounding Pythagoras, reported by later biographers, to demonstrate his divine or unusual nature.
c. 570-495 BCE (reported later)
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"Don't wipe up a mess with a torch."
Strange & Unusual"Not to speak of Pythagorean beans, from which, it is said, Pythagoras himself abstained."
Shocking"None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions."
Strange & Unusual"Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves."
Strange & Unusual"Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who is not master of himself."
Shocking