So while to the Greeks Pythagoras lived during the very first phase of its history following their Dark Age after the Homeric and Hesiodic poets and during the [[Lelantine War]], by that point, history by year had already been well-established for centuries in Judea, making Pythagoras subject to the kind of historical analysis today that barely would have existed in Greece at the time. While Pythagoras lived, Greece and Rome were as good as primitive countries, culturally, and still practiced human sacrifice throughout his lifetime.<ref>Theseus, ''Marcellus''</ref> | So while to the Greeks Pythagoras lived during the very first phase of its history following their Dark Age after the Homeric and Hesiodic poets and during the [[Lelantine War]], by that point, history by year had already been well-established for centuries in Judea, making Pythagoras subject to the kind of historical analysis today that barely would have existed in Greece at the time. While Pythagoras lived, Greece and Rome were as good as primitive countries, culturally, and still practiced human sacrifice throughout his lifetime.<ref>Theseus, ''Marcellus''</ref> |