The knot was so sophisticated that no one had been able to untie it for a long time. An oracle foretold that any man who could disentangle the knot would be the ruler of the whole of Asia. In 333 B.C., Alexander the Great and his army arrived in Gordium, the capital of Phrygia. ...
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 f
Berthèlemy, Jean-Simon: Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, oil on canvas by Jean-Simon Berthèlemy. Battle of the Hydaspes between Alexander the Great and Porus Victory of Alexander the Great over the Indian king Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes,... ...
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Alexander the Great or Alexander III, 356–323 B.C., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Youth and Kingship The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was given a classical education. Alexander had no part in the murder of his father, al...
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...
Alexander the Great may have undone the knot by the simple expedience of slashing through it with a sword. Death of AlexanderIn 323 B.C. Alexander the Great returned from the area of modern India and Pakistan to Babylonia, where he became ill suddenly, and died at age 33. We don't ...
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Alexander used both military and political cunning to finally unseat the Persian superpower. Read moreRead more about How Alexander the Great Conquered the Persian Empire Gordian Knot From Halicarnassus, Alexander headed north to Gordium, home of the fabledGordian knot, a group of tightly-entwined k...