- Gr****: Γόρδιον, romanized: Górdion; Turkish:
Gordion or Gordiyon; Latin:
Gordium) was the
capital city of
ancient Phrygia. It was
located at the site of...
-
independent king of
Phrygia before Cimmerians sacked the
Phrygian capital,
Gordium,
around 695 BC.
Phrygia then
became subject to Lydia, and then successively...
- Knot is an
Ancient Gr****
legend ****ociated with
Alexander the
Great in
Gordium in Phrygia,
regarding a
complex knot that tied an oxcart. Reputedly, whoever...
- best-known
Gordias was
reputedly the
founder of the
Phrygian capital city
Gordium, the
maker of the
legendary Gordian Knot, and the
father of the legendary...
- of 6.25 m
width held
within a
stone curbing was
found in a
stretch near
Gordium and
connecting the
parts together in a
unified whole stretching some 1677...
-
adopted father Gordias,
credited with
founding the
Phrygian capital city
Gordium and
tying the
Gordian Knot,
indicate that they were
believed to have lived...
- legend.
Gordium fell to the
Cimmerians in 696 BC and was
sacked and burnt, as
reported much
later by Herodotus. A
series of digs have
opened Gordium as one...
- help of the King of Urartu, Rusa II. They
burned the kingdom's city of
Gordium,
which likely caused the
Phrygian king
Midas to
commit suicide. Around...
-
Around 750 BC,
Phrygia had been established, with its two
centers in
Gordium and modern-day Kayseri.
Phrygians spoke an Indo-European language, which...
-
Cursach (2018), p. 34.
Obrador Cursach (2018), p. 55-58.
Phrygian cap
Gordium Paleo-Balkan
languages Phrygian language Media related to
Phrygian alphabet...
