Младият Питагор от остров Самос е изключен от участие в състезанието по бокс за момчета, но участва в това по бокс за мъже и побеждава всички свои опоненти, за да стане шампион.[6]
↑„The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III, Part 02, The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.“, Cambridge University Press, 1991. стр. 162 и 174
↑„The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III, Part 02, The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.“, Cambridge University Press, 1991. стр. 402
↑„The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III, Part 02, The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.“, Cambridge University Press, 1991. стр. 725
↑Tao Wang. „A Brief History of the World“, iUniverse, 2002. стр.80
↑„The Cambridge Ancient History Volume III, Part 02, The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.“, Cambridge University Press, 718 и 749
↑ абApostle Arne Horn. „Eusebius of Caesarea“, Lulu.com. стр.82