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Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Pythagoras was born around 570 BC in Samos, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea. His father, Mnesarchus, was a merchant from Tyre. His mother, Pythais, was a native of Samos. He spent his early years in Samos but traveled widely with his father. There are accounts of a young Pythagoras visiting Egypt and learning from the priests of Memphis and Thebes. thumb|center|Ancient city of Samos.|class=only_on_mobile..."