However, when authors such as Plutarch and Cicero attributed the theorem to Pythagoras, they did so in a way which suggests that the attribution was widely known and undoubted.
Non obstante, cando autores como Plutarco e Cicerón atribuíron o teorema a Pitágoras, fixérono dun xeito que suxería que dita atribución era amplamente coñecida e fóra de toda dúbida.