The Gordian Knot is an ancient Greek story about Gordias and the ox-cart that he fastened to a post using a knot. The story is set in Phrygias, in modern-day Turkey, where the local people had no king. Because of this, the oracle proclaimed that the next man who would enter the ...
Alexander the Great亚历山大大帝 Became a God amongst mortal men他是凡人之中的神 (Solo 1 Adrian Smith)(阿德里安独奏) (Solo 2 Dave Murray)(大卫独奏) A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke一位弗里吉亚的国王用战车打了一个死结 And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'然而亚历山大却挥剑将其利落...
Gordian knot, knot that gave its name to a proverbial term for a problem solvable only by bold action. In 333 bc, Alexander the Great, on his march through Anatolia, reached Gordium, the capital of Phrygia. There he was shown the chariot of the ancient founder of the city, Gordius, wit...
Alexander the Great was the offspring of Philip II and his wife Olympias. Olympias was the youngest of the eight wives who believed she had been blessed with a miracle child. Ever since his birth, Olympias instilled in Alexander the same belief that he was a son of the gods who was in...
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Alexander the Great had three probable wives: Roxane, Statiera, Parysatis Alexander Solved the Gordian KnotThey say that when Alexander the Great was in Gordium (modern Turkey), in 333 B.C., he undid the Gordian Knot. This is the fabled knot tied by the father of the legendary ass-...
List of some of the major achievements of Alexander the Great. Among the greatest generals the world has ever known, Alexander conquered a vast range of territory—stretching from the Mediterranean to the Punjab—and in the process became a legendary her
Alexander the Great had three probable wives: Roxane, Statiera, Parysatis Alexander Solved the Gordian KnotThey say that when Alexander the Great was in Gordium (modern Turkey), in 333 B.C., he undid the Gordian Knot. This is the fabled knot tied by the father of the legendary ass-...
There are many legends about him, e.g., his feats on his horse Bucephalus and his cutting of the Gordian knot. The famous Greek sculptor Lysippus did several studies of Alexander. Bibliography Arrian and Plutarch wrote biographies of him in ancient times, and the literature of the Middle ...
Alexander the Great Became a God amongst mortal men A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot' And legend said that who untied the knot He would become the master of Asia Hellenism he spread far and wide ...