Amos - 02 Dec 03 - 10:04 PM

"Greek, Mets. Gordius was a peasant of Greece who was chosen to be King (of the Phrygians, I think) and offered the amazing andf intricate Gordian knot to Zeus in thanks. It (the knot) was unsolveable until a Persian, Alexander, stepped up and clove it through with his trusty blade."

Amos I think that you will find that Alexander was Macedonian - not Persian. The knot was presented to him when he was on his way to conquer Persia, whose ruler at the time was King Darius.