It was in this milieu that the philosopher Pythagoras received his mathematical education on Samos. The Temple of Hera had just been built — it was the largest

It was in this milieu that the philosopher Pythagoras received his mathematical education on Samos. The Temple of Hera had just been built — it was the largest stone temple in the world at that point. He would have been exposed to some of the most ambitious engineering communities in the world! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraion_of_Samos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraion_of_Samos