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What (who) is Gordian - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Gordianus; Emperor Gordianus; Gordiani; Gordian (disambiguation); Gordianus (disambiguation)
Gordian
·noun One of the Gordiacea.
II. Gordian ·adj Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
III. Gordian ·adj Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.
Gordian knot
![''Alexander the Great cuts the Gordian Knot'' by [[Jean-Simon Berthélemy]] (1743–1811)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot.jpg?width=200 "''Alexander the Great cuts the Gordian Knot'' by [[Jean-Simon Berthélemy]] (1743–1811)")
![''Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot'' by [[André Castaigne]] (1898–1899)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander cutting the Gordian knot by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899).jpg?width=200 "''Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot'' by [[André Castaigne]] (1898–1899)")
KNOT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, USED AS A METAPHOR FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SOLUTION
Gordian knot; Cut the Gordian Knot; Alexandrian solution; Gordian Knots; Phrygian Knot; Cutting the Gordian Knot; Gordic knot; GORDIAN KNOT; The gordian knot; Gordian's knot; The Gordian Knot; Gordian knots
n. to cut the Gordian knot
Gordian Knot
KNOT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, USED AS A METAPHOR FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SOLUTION
Gordian knot; Cut the Gordian Knot; Alexandrian solution; Gordian Knots; Phrygian Knot; Cutting the Gordian Knot; Gordic knot; GORDIAN KNOT; The gordian knot; Gordian's knot; The Gordian Knot; Gordian knots
The Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly tangled knot) solved easily by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot ("cutting the Gordian knot"):
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Gordian
Gordian may refer to:
- Gordian I (c.159–238), Roman emperor for one month with his son
- Gordian II (c.192–238), son of Gordian I, Roman emperor for one month
- Gordian III (225–244), grandson of Gordian I, Roman emperor from 238 to 244
- Saint Gordianus (disambiguation)
- Gordian Fulde (born 1948), Australian medical doctor
- Gordian Warrior, Japanese anime television series, 1979–1981
- Gordianus the Finder, fictional protagonist of Steven Saylor's mystery novels set in Republican Rome
- Gordian worms, a common name for Nematomorpha, a phylum of parasitic worms
- Gordian, antagonist in Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game
- Gordion, capital city of ancient Phrygia
- the Gordian Knot, legend of Gordion associated with Alexander the Great
Examples of use of Gordian
1. Now she must loosen the Gordian knots she helped tie.
2. Instead, we must cut the Gordian knot of fossil fuels, carbon emissions and economic activity.
3. In any case, the real Gordian issue was never Islam but federalism.
4. Sometimes it‘s better to cut the Gordian knot; sometimes good fences do eventually make good neighbours.
5. When conflicts arise, the Kremlin has tended to cut the Gordian knot rather than attempting to untie it.