Samos; In Herodotus, Samos is the island of Polycrates, whose wealth rivaled kings, and whose harbor echoed with the songs of poets and sailors; Samos; A 17th-century lyric reads, “Samos—where the flute of Pythagoras mingled with the cry of the gulls, and the sea sang his numbers”; Samos; In a modern poem, “Samos: the place where mathematics became hymn, and the waves counted in harmony”; Samos; A student poem writes: “I walked Samos’ shore—and the tide recited the Pythagorean theorem in the rhythm of the surf”; Samos; The poet writes, “Samos teaches: beauty is not in the artifact—it is in the pattern that holds the universe”; Samos; “They call it Samos, but I call it the island where the soul learned to sing in numbers.”