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 o
Alexander the Great, the Gordian knot, and the problem of multiplicity in the military justice systemThe author provides a selective listing of Oregon legal publications, including primary sources, treatises, and current continuing legal education materials that are typically used in the practice of ...
Alexander the Great had three probable wives: Roxane, Statiera, Parysatis Alexander Solved the Gordian Knot They 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-ear...
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...
It isn’t always possible to separate fact and fiction from the stories told about the ancient Macedonian ruler, but here are eight great takeaways from Alexander’s life.
Alexander The Great Founding Alexandria Plate 3: Alexander Instructing His Soldiers Alexander The Great Cutting The Gordian Knot. Greece, Pella, statue of Alexander the Great Portrait of Alexander The Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon Old engraved illustration of festival in honor...
But at the end the Macedonian army defeated the enemy and conquered the coast of Asia Minor. Alexander then turned northward to central Asia Minor, to the city of Gordimer. Gordimer was a home of the famous legend who's called Gordian Knot. Alexander knew the legend who said that the man...
Alexander the great His name struck fear into hearts of men 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 ...
The fall in the level of the sea was interpreted as a mark of divine favour by Alexander’s flatterers, including the historian Callisthenes. At Gordium in Phrygia, tradition records his cutting of the Gordian knot, which could only be loosed by the man who was to rule Asia; but this...
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 f