Although ancient philosophy has been traditionally presented as a purely masculine world, almost all philosophical schools accepted women. The Pythagorean school, located in the city of Crotone, was one of the first one to do so. Crotone was a city in southern Italy, located in the territory known as Magna Graecia, and the philosopher Theano was from that city. 

1- Find out what Magna Graecia is, what its territory was, and why it was considered part of the Greek geographical area.

2- Surfing on the internet, in the following blank map, locate the city of Crotone and some of the most important cities in the area: Sybaris, Taranto, Neapolis, Cumae, Elea, Syracuse, Agrigento, Messina, and Gela. Locate the following elements too: Gulf of Taranto, Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Sicily, Apulia.  

3- Members of the Pythagorean school of Crotone lived in a community, so women were fully included and participated in the activities. We know lots of their names, but the most famous one was, undoubtedly, Theano, philosopher of the school who even got married with Pythagoras.

Theano was from Crotone, as well as other philosophers like Phintys. However, other women arrived in Crotone to take part in the Pythagorean community, such as Melissa of Samos; Beo of Argos; Perictione of Athens, Tymicha of Sparta, Habrotelia of Taranto;  Equecratia of Phlius; Tirsenis of Sybaris... Locate in a map their home cities and link them with an arrow to Crotone so as to visualise the force of attraction that the Pythagorean school exerted on women from all over Greece.  

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