Biographical dossier
Pythagoras
Pythagoras is classified in the historical people index as PHILOSOPHER. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q10261
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q10261
- Wikidata ID
- Q10261
- Occupation class
- PHILOSOPHER
- Life span
- 570 BC–495 BC
- Birth anchor
- Samos (570 BC)
- Death anchor
- Crotone (495 BC)
- HPI
- 89.89684848098958
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between 570 BC and 495 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Samos (570 BC). Death: Crotone (495 BC).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class PHILOSOPHER. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 16.208506251675328.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?