For other uses, see Gordian Knot (disambiguation).
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The cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an oxcart. Reputedly, whoever could untie it would be destined to rule all of Asia. In 333 BC Alexander was challenged to untie the knot. Instead of untangling it laboriously as expected, he dramatically cut through it with his sword, thus exercising another form of mental genius. It is thus used as a metaphor for a seemingly intractable problem which is solved by exercising brute force.
Turn him to any cause of policy,
The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose,
Familiar as his garter
cutting of the GordianKnot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an...
Operation GordianKnot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique...
particular citing an occasion where they decided to name a lock company the "GordianKnot Lock Company". The initial premise of the series was to examine what...
"Gordian" stems from the legendary Gordianknot. This relates to the fact that nematomorphs often coil themselves in tight balls that resemble knots....
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constitution. One application of the motion to suspend the rules is called the "Gordianknot" motion. If confusion has caused the assembly to get so tangled up in...
1996 and reissued in 2007. He also assembled and recorded the GordianKnot debut, GordianKnot, released in 1999. The album has contributions from Trey Gunn...
however, use the Stick on several tracks on Sean Malone's second album GordianKnot including "Srikara Tal" and "Redemption's Way." Myung used a fretless...
BCE Alexander the Great cut (or otherwise unfastened) the GordianKnot: this intricate knot joined the yoke to the pole of a Phrygian wagon that stood...
Cinquefoil knotGordianKnot Shaw, George Russell (MCMXXXIII). Knots: Useful & Ornamental, p.11. ISBN 978-0-517-46000-9. "3_1", The Knot Atlas. Weisstein...
territory was mostly under Portuguese control. The Operation "Nó Górdio" (GordianKnot Operation)—conducted in 1970 and commanded by Portuguese Brigadier General...
clutch) climbing knot that lets the rope move in only one direction Girth hitch (cow hitch) Good luck knotGordianknot – (mythical knot) an inextricable/complicated...
credited with founding the Phrygian capital city Gordium and tying the GordianKnot, indicate that they were believed to have lived sometime in the 2nd millennium...
In Spanish heraldic tradition, the yoke, the set of arrows, and the GordianKnot were elements which were often joined by leaves and the pomegranate,...
Retrieved 14 September 2018. "A tale of Five Squirrels: Vets Untangle 'GordianKnot' of Rodents". The Guardian. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September...
pledge manual, the GordianKnot. It was based upon a manual previously published by the Epsilon chapter at Penn State. The GordianKnot is considered to...
ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordianknot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property...
dictionary. Emergent may refer to: Emergent (album), a 2003 album by GordianKnot Emergent (software), Neural Simulation Software Emergent BioSolutions...
Jim Matheos (born November 22, 1962) is an American guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning, in which he has...
founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary GordianKnot, and the father of the legendary King Midas who turned whatever he touched...
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