Pythagoras and his followers would not eat beans as they would only eat "pure food" and beans did not fall under this category.
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He would not eat beans because he was a vegetarian and when he split the beans open he believed there was a tiny human being in the center.
Pythagoras wouldn't eat beans because he thought they contained/were human souls, and would not wear cloaths made of animal skins.
chickpeas.he was a vegetarian.
His only name in historical record is Pythagoras, he is sometimes called Pythagoras of Samos
Pythagoras was his nickname. Pythagoras' real name was Pythagoras of Samos and that is how he was called. i.e. a guy knew him and said " greetings Pythagoras of Samos. " Only close friends would have called him Pythagoras. He is know just known as Pythagoras to modern people because we do not have such formalities as they did back then.Answer:Pythagoris was known as the "hyperborean Apollo" a being different from man or the gods.