In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

I first learned about the Gordian knot as a child. Whoever unties it would conquer Asia. Along came Alexander the Great. He took out his sword and sliced through it—cutting ...

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Who was Gordias, the legendary father of rich King Midas? Legend connects him to the Gordian knot, famously cut by Alexander ...

Vergina, Greece is a small, unassuming town in modern times, but it played a crucial role in the ancient world as Aigai. Then ...

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The Gordian Knot is a legend from ancient Greece, of a rope tied to an oxcart so entangled and interwoven that whoever could untie it was promised to rule all of Asia. In the legend, a young Alexander ...

Rulers like Gordias and his son Midas are remembered in myths and historical anecdotes — including the famous Gordian Knot, which, according to legend, was cut by Alexander the Great. According to ...

Turkey's minister of culture and tourism announced the discovery of a new tomb in an eighth-century-B.C. city that was the homeland of King Midas.

Midas’ father, Gordias, is also central to Greek mythology through the legend of the Gordian knot. According to Greek tradition, Gordias tied an intricate knot in Gordion, declaring that whoever ...

In 333 he encountered the knot–the Gordian Knot. And what Alexander does is fundamental to what I’m thinking at this time. He doesn’t try to untie the knot or to unravel it. Instead, he takes out his ...

The solution of the Alexander the Great, when he encountered the Gordian Knot, comes to mind. The legend says, instead of assiduously untangling the complex knot, he used his sword to cut it in half.