GORDIUM  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia situated on the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian " Royal road " from See also:

• PESSINUS (IIeaatvoi3r, lleacvoiis)

Pessinus to See also:

• ANCYRA (mod. Angora, q.v.)

Ancyra, and not far from the Sangarius . It lies opposite the See also:

• VILLAGE

village Pebi, a little See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the point where the See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople-See also:

• ANGORA, or ENGURI

Angora railway crosses the Sangarius . It is not to be confused with Gordiou-kome, refounded as Juliopolis, a Bithynian See also:

• TOWN

town on a small tributary of the Sangarius, about 47 M. in an See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-See also:

• LINE

line N.W. of Gordium . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, Gordium was founded by Gordius, a Phrygian See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant who had been called to the See also:

• THRONE

throne by his countrymen in obedience to an See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus commanding them to select the first See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person that rode up to the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of the See also:

• GOD

god in a See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king afterwards dedicated his See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car to the god, and another 1 For this name see footnote to See also:

• SHAPUR (Pahlavi, Shahpuhre, " son of the king "; Greek Sapores, commonly Sapor)

SHAPUR . oracle declared that whoever succeeded in untying the strangely entwined See also:

• KNOT
• KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)

knot of cornel bark which See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound the yoke to the See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole should reign over all See also:

• ASIA

Asia . See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great, according to the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, cut the knot by a stroke of his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . Gordium was captured and destroyed by the Gauls soon after 189 B.C. and disappeared from See also:

• HISTORY

history . In imperial times only a small village existed on the site . Excavations made in 1900 by two See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German scholars, G. and A . Koerte, revealed practically no remains later than the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . (when Phrygia See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under Persian See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power) .

See Jahrbuch See also:

• DES

des Instituts, Erganzungsheft v . (1904) . (J . G . C .