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Skipping the longer philosophical chat about the ethics of being a conqueror, Today we’re going to chat about Alexander the Great.   More specifically, we’re going to talk about him and a knot.   The Gordion Knot.   You know the story?   Wikipedia tells us that legend has it that, once upon a time, the ancient people known as the Phrygians (who lived in what is now modern Turkey) didn’t have a king.    An oracle declared that the next man to enter their capital city driving an ox-cart would become king. (That’s one way to do it, eh? )   So… A peasant farmer drove an ox-cart into town and, lo and behold, became king.   His name was Gordias.    In gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the ox-cart to the main Phrygian god (kinda like their version of Zeus) and tied it to a post with a super-intricate knot.    As in, "good luck untying THAT knot” kinda knot.   A Roman historian described it as "several knots all so tightly entangled that it was impossible to see how they were fastened.”   Fast