Gordian Knot
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title:
Gordian Knot
text:
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
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encyclopedia
description:
Greek myth; metaphor for tangled problem
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot
date created:
2002-09-07T01:12:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:24:38Z
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