Talk:Gordian Knot

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Not everyone can distinguish an Emblem from a Metaphor, apparently. Perhaps it doesn't matter. Is a Symbol the same as a Simile then? (Wetman)

I believe it is Gordia's son, Midas who was driving the ox-cart, and subsequently declared king. It was the father who made the sacrifice. (Anon)

You haven't been reading Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander, then. (Book ii.3)

The anon above is right. I have Arrian's Αλεξάνδρου Ανάβασις in front of me, and from what I read it seems that it was Gordia's ox-cart, but the declared king was his son Midas, who dedicated his father's cart to the god.
The exact passage is "καὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ ἀναθεῖναι χαριστήρια τῷ Διὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀετοῦ τῇ πομπῇ." which means "...and he offered his father's cart as a gift to king Zeus as gratitude for sending the eagle". s:el:Αλεξάνδρου Ανάβασις - Βιβλίο Β —Geraki ^✉2006-02-23 T 18:06 Z

Let me put this in the article, then, so people like me don't make over-confident errors such as mine. --Wetman 05:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I heard that the prophecy was only that you had to undo the not, and that realizing this he didn't attempt to waste any more energy trying to untie it JedG

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[edit] Luo in Greek

I am not familiar with classical Greek, but I know that, in Koine Greek, the work for "to untie" is the same as "to destroy" (λυω), thus when Alexander goes to "untie the knot," he in fact "destroys the knot," those ideas being related semantically. Ierous 22:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)Ierous

[edit] Why WikiProject Ancient Egypt?

Not to be a spoilsport, but what does this have to do with ancient Egypt? The myth is Greek, it involves Phrygians and Macedonians, even though those Macedonians did also conquer Egypt. (Perhaps an important source document was written in Hellenistic Egypt? Perhaps WikiProject Ancient Egypt is intended to be this broad? I'm just guessing here.) If there is a connection, it might be nice to go in the article too. --Toby Bartels 19:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I looked up (on this Wikipedia) my two guesses. The main soucre, Αλεξάνδρου Ανάβασις, was written by a Hellinistic Asian who retired to Europe but spent little time (if any) in Egypt; the scope of the WikiProject is rather narrow. In fact, since "This WikiProject aims primarily to standardize chronology and spellings of proper names in Ancient Egypt related articles." and there are no Egyptian names in the article (nor dates of events in Egypt), I'm going to be bold and remove the WikiProject heading. If somebody thinks that I'm wrong, then that's OK, and I won't argue; but the WikiProject page should probably be updated to indicate its true scope. --Toby Bartels 20:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

A simpler explanation: editors with content contribute content. --Wetman 04:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)