3597205 Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot, c.1718-19 (oil on canvas) by Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691/2-1765); 73.3x59.7 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; (add.info.: The Macedonian ruler has entered Gordium (Turkey) in 344 BC. where the chariot of Phrygian king Gordius was fastened by a complicated knot. According to prophecy this would be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia. On an altar dedicated to Zeus, ruler of the Greek gods, he is enthroned with his thunderbolt. Companion to "Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles" (see XWM 3597204)).