Following in the footsteps of legends

 

We derive our name from the ancient Legend of the Gordian Knot.

 

Gordias was a humble Phrygian artisan and farmer. When one day an eagle landed on his ox-cart, Gordias interpreted it as a sign that he was destined to become a king. The eagle stayed with Gordias as he drove his cart to the city of Sabazios. At the gates of the city he encountered a prophetess who advised him for good fortune to give sacrifice to the oracle at the temple.

Meanwhile, the Phrygians, who were without a king, consulted the oracle and were told to declare the first man to ride up to the temple in a cart as their new king. Just at that time Gordias rode up in his ox-cart.

 

Gordius went on to found the new Phrygian capital and called it Gordium and his ox-cart was preserved in the temple Acropolis. Its yoke was secured with a highly complex and intricately woven knot,  the symbol of Gordium’s power and wealth; the legendary Gordian Knot.

 

As time passed the Gordian legend grew and it was foretold that who should ever unravel the Gordian Knot would become master of all Asia. Alexander the Great, on reaching Gordium and hearing of this legend, unsheathed his sword and sliced clean through the knot with a single blow and thus used direct action to fulfill the prophecy.