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 ...

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

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

In the eighth century B.C., the kingdom was ruled first by Gordias, who was associated with the Gordian knot that Alexander the Great eventually cut, and then by his son Midas, who is famous for ...

The site is also home to the legend of the Gordian Knot, a prophecy-rich puzzle said to guarantee dominion over Asia to whoever could untie it. According to Greek historical accounts, Alexander the ...

In 333 B.C., Alexander the Great, a Macedonian Greek, famously cut the knot with his sword, an act celebrated in Greek histories but linked by some myths to his mysterious death at 32. These stories, ...

Gordion was the capital of the kingdom of Phrygia, which existed from 1200 to 675 BC. Rulers like Gordias and his son Midas are remembered in myths and historical anecdotes — including the famous ...