Works of Theon of Smyrna were strongly influenced by Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician known for what?
Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos ( ; ; Greek: Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος  "Pythagóras ho Sámios"  "Pythagoras the Samian" , or simply Πυθαγόρας ; Πυθαγόρης in Ionian Greek; 495 BC ) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and putative founder of the Pythagoreanism movement. He is often revered as a great mathematician and scientist and is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name.
Sophonias (commentator) Sophonias (Greek: Σοφονίας ; 13th–14th century) was a Byzantine monk who wrote commentaries or paraphrases of the works of Aristotle including "De Anima", "Sophistici Elenchi", "Prior Analytics", and the "Parva Naturalia", which are still extant.