Gordium (gôr`dēəm), ancient city of Asia Minor, in Phrygia Phrygia (frĭ`jēə), ancient region, central Asia Minor (now central Turkey). The Phrygians, who settled here c.1200 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. and later Galatia Galatia (gəlā`shə) [Gr.,=Gaul], ancient territory of central Asia Minor, in present Turkey (around modern Ankara).
..... Click the link for more information. , now in Turkey, 50 mi (80 km) SW of Ankara. It was the capital of Phrygia from c.1000 to 800 B.C. Excavations conducted since 1950 have revealed Hittite, Phrygian, Persian, Gallo-Grecian, and Greco-Roman remains. Gordius Gordius (gôr`dēəs), in Greek mythology, king of Phrygia.
..... Click the link for more information. was the legendary founder of the city, and it was here that Alexander the Great is said to have cut the Gordian knot. It is also known as Gordion.

Gordium

Ancient city, capital of Phrygia. Located in what is now northwestern Turkey, its ruins have yielded important information about ancient Phrygian culture. Excavations revealed Early Bronze Age and Hittite settlements, but the city achieved its greatest prominence as the flourishing capital of Phrygia in the 9th–8th centuries BC. According to legend, it was founded by the peasant Gordius, who later became king of Phrygia and contrived the the ingenious Gordian knot. Gordium remained the political centre of Phrygia until the Cimmerians overran it in the early 7th century BC. Though rebuilt under the Persians, it never regained its former splendour.