Travels through southern Italy
· Southern Italy, near Taranto, Apulia, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic · file During his first western journey, Plato visited Italy and encountered the Pythagorean intellectual world associated with Archytas, an important influence on his mathematics, metaphysics, and political thought. The journey is commonly dated around 388–387 BC, though the canonical Wikipedia chronology places it somewhat later. The coordinate near Taranto is representative; the quote establishes Italy, not a specific Italian city.
