Gordias

Gordias /ˈɡɔːrdiəs/ (Ancient Greek: Γορδίας, Gordías; also Γόρδιος, Górdios, "Gordius") was the name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia.In the founding myth of Gordium, the first Gordias was a poor farmer from Macedonia who was the last descendant of the royal family of Bryges.At the gates of the city he encountered a seeress, who counselled him to offer sacrifices to Zeus/Sabazios: "Let me come with you, peasant," she said, "to make sure that you select the right victims."The legend of Gordium, widely disseminated by the publicists of Alexander the Great,[4] said that he who could unravel it would be master of Asia (which was equated at the time with Anatolia).Some historians believe Herodotus used the name Gordias for the father of another Midas still, who ruled Phrygia in the late 8th century BC.
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