Gordias

Gordias /ˈɡɔːrdiəs/ (Ancient Greek: Γορδίας, Gordías; also Γόρδιος, Górdios, "Gordius") was the name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia.

In the founding myth of Gordium, the first Gordias was a poor farmer from Macedonia who was the last descendant of the royal family of Bryges.

At the gates of the city he encountered a seeress, who counselled him to offer sacrifices to Zeus/Sabazios: "Let me come with you, peasant," she said, "to make sure that you select the right victims."

The legend of Gordium, widely disseminated by the publicists of Alexander the Great,[4] said that he who could unravel it would be master of Asia (which was equated at the time with Anatolia).

[6] According to Herodotus, another member of the Phrygian royal line named Gordias was a contemporary of Croesus of Lydia.

Some historians believe Herodotus used the name Gordias for the father of another Midas still, who ruled Phrygia in the late 8th century BC.