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The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an "impossible" knot) solved easily by cheating or "thinking outside the box" ("cutting the Gordian knot"):"Turn him to any cause of policy,The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose,Familiar as his garter" (Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47)

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  • The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an "impossible" knot) solved easily by cheating or "thinking outside the box" ("cutting the Gordian knot"):"Turn him to any cause of policy,The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose,Familiar as his garter" (Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47)
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