Bio  PYTHAGORAS from samos Biography of Pythagoras BirthPlace: SamosTime: 1st year of the 50th Olympiad (580 BC) ParentsFather: MnesarchusMother: Pythais SiblingsEunomus, Tyrrhenus (both older than Pythagoras) Occupation of ParentsHis father was a signet engraver (goldsmith). Economic StatusProsperous Family StatusWife: Theano (daughter of Brontinus of Croton)Children: He had a daughter, Damó, and a son, Télauges. Pythagoras' TeachersPherecydes, Hermodamas TravelsAs a young and scholarly individual, he traveled to all places that had religious and scientific centers. The tyrant...

Bio  SOCRATES from athens Biography of Socrates Birth Place: Athens Time: 6th day of the month Thargelion (the day of Artemis' birth), during the Eponymous Archonship of Aphepsion, that is, the 4th year of the 77th Olympiad (April 29, 469 BC) Municipality Alopeces. This municipality belonged to the tribe of Antiochis, in the third district of the city. For its location, we have information from Aeschines in the "Against Timarchus" [99], where he mentions that the village of Alopeces was eleven or twelve stades outside the walls (“…the village of Alopeces, which was far from...

Bio  PLATO from Athens  Biography of Plato BirthPlace: Athens or Aegina Time: 7th day of the month Thargelion (the birthday of Apollo), during the Archonship of Aminias, that is, in the 2nd year of the 88th Olympiad (April 30, 427 BC)MunicipalityCollytusTribeAegeisParentsFather: AristonMother: PerictioneSiblingsBrothers: Adeimantus, Glaucon (older)Sister: Potone (younger)Financial StatusAffluentReal NameAristocles. The name Plato was a nickname he had received either for the width of his interpretations or because he had a broad forehead or due to his athletic...

Bio ARISTOTLE from Macedonia Biography of Aristotle BirthPlace: Stagira, ChalcidiceTime: In the 1st year of the 99th Olympiad (384 BC) ParentsFather: Nicomachus, from Stagira, ChalcidiceMother: Phaestis, from Chalcis, Euboea WifePythias (passed away early), Herpyllida ChildrenPythias (from Pythiada) and Nicomachus (from Herpyllida) Financial SituationAffluent Family SituationAristotle's father was a physician at the court of the King of Macedonia, Amyntas III (father of Philip, grandfather of Alexander). Aristotle was orphaned early, losing both his parents. His guardianship...