Gordian Knot

The term originally referred Gordian knot artfully knotted ropes that were attached according to a Greek legend, the chariot of the Phrygian King Gordios. They connected the pole of the carriage inseparable from the Zugjoch. The existing from the bast of Cornelian Node became known as Alexander the Great is said to have hit him with his sword.

Today is the phrase " cut the Gordian knot" or " solve the Gordian knot " to overcome a difficult problem with energetic or unconventional means.

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According to legend, an oracle predicted that whoever will win dominion over Asia, which could solve the Gordian knot. Many wise and strong men tried their hand at this task, but none succeeded. Plutarch describes that in the spring of 333 BC Simply knock Alexander the Great on his train towards Persia this knot with his sword and had thus his triumph heralded by Asia.

There is yet another tradition variant of Arrian, who refers to the accompanying Alexander Aristobulus of Kassandreia, according to which Alexander is said to have the nodes solved by cunning. It is said that he recognized that he needed to pull out only the drawbar nail so that he could pull the yoke.