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Gordias in a sentence
Gordias meaning
The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.
Using Gordias
- The main meaning on this page is: The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.
Context around Gordias
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gordias
- In this selection, "gordias" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, named and see stand out and add context to how "gordias" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include king named gordias and son of gordias see above. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gordias" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gordias
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Additionally, they mostly agree that he was the son of a king named Gordias. (14 words)
Some historians believe this Midas donated the throne that Herodotus says was offered to the Oracle of Delphi by "Midas son of Gordias" (see above). (25 words)
Some historians believe this Midas donated the throne that Herodotus says was offered to the Oracle of Delphi by "Midas son of Gordias" (see above). (25 words)
Additionally, they mostly agree that he was the son of a king named Gordias. (14 words)
Example sentences (2)
Additionally, they mostly agree that he was the son of a king named Gordias.
Some historians believe this Midas donated the throne that Herodotus says was offered to the Oracle of Delphi by "Midas son of Gordias" (see above).