Greek legend tells of Alexander the Great demonstrating "thinking outside the box" by cutting the famous Gordian knot with his sword, thereby winning for himself an entire kingdom. Economists have ...

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

An alternate and far lesser known version of the myth tells how Alexander the Great loosened the knot by pulling the linchpin out of the yoke. However, this version hasn’t stood the test of time and, ...

Like Alexander the Great, Mr. Trump is cutting the Gordian knot. According to legend, in Phrygia (in what is now Turkey) an oxcart was held together by a complex knot. No one could untie it. An oracle ...

“This isn’t a problem that can be solved by careful untangling, it needs the bold stroke of Alexander the Great’s sword if we are to cut through this regulatory Gordian knot,” the ABI’s ...

In the ancient world, an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, was cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia. In the ...

Books have been written about the tale of this knot that could not be untied except by the future ruler of Asia. It shows how the impossible can find a solution. Alexander the Great, short in ...

In the legend of the gordian knot, Alexander the Great overcomes the impossible challenge to untie it by pulling out his sword and cutting the knot in half.

Cutting the Gordian Knot: AI, Data, ... Greek legend tells how this ends: a knot so intricate no one could unravel it, countless failed attempts, and then—Alexander the Great.

Merchan might have done well to remember that Alexander the Great’s solution to the original Gordian knot was not to keep tangling it, but cut through it—with a sword, no less.