Which influential philosopher and mathematician was born on the eastern Aegean island of Samos?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Pythagoras
- Step 1: Herodotus and Isocrates agree that Pythagoras was the son of Mnesarchus and that he was born on the Greek island of Samos in the eastern Aegean. Answer: Pythagoras. Why not the others: "Euclid" flourished in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter; "Archimedes" lived, invented, and died in the Greek city of Syracuse in Sicily; "Eratosthenes" was born in Cyrene in modern Libya and directed the Library of Alexandria.
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