Gordias

Summary

Gordias is a mythological Greek character^[1]. He draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #200 of 1,333).^[2]

Key Facts

• A child of Gordias was Adrastus^[3].
• A child of Gordias was Midas^[4].
• Gordias held the position of king of Phrygia^[5].
• Gordias is recorded as male^[6].
• Gordias's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character^[7].
• Gordias's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kynx^[8].
• Gordias's Iconclass notation is recorded as 95A(GORDIUS)^[9].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as Description of Greece^[14].
• Gordias's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• Gordias's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as biography/Gordius-king-of-Phrygia^[16].
• Gordias's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3758^[17].
• Gordias's different from is recorded as Gorgias^[18].
• Gordias's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Gordios'}^[19].
• Gordias's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gordias'}^[20].
• Gordias's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2370244^[21].
• Gordias's NE.se ID is recorded as gordios^[22].
• Gordias's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as gordios^[23].
• Gordias's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i95306^[24].
• Gordias's Krugosvet article is recorded as istoriya/GORDI.html^[25].
• Gordias's ToposText person ID is recorded as 13904^[26].
• Gordias's MANTO ID is recorded as 10056013^[27].

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Career and Affiliations

Gordias held the position of king of Phrygia^[5].

Personal Life

Children include Adrastus^[3], a mythological Greek character^[28] and Midas^[4], a mythological Greek character^[29].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Gordias include Gordian knot^[30], a knot^[31] and Gordion^[32], an archaeological site^[33], in Turkey^[34].

Why It Matters

Gordias draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #200 of 1,333).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for him include Gordian knot^[30], a knot^[31] and Gordion^[32], an archaeological site^[33], in Turkey^[34].