A medieval legend about this figure saw him take a dog that would float, a cat that would purify the air and a cock that would crow when it was day undersea with him in a glass sphere so that he wouldn't drown. His sister, after losing the plant of immortal life, jumps overboard and is transformed into a mermaid at the bottom of the sea; that sister, later known as Gorgona, will destroy sailors du
A medieval legend about this figure saw him take a dog that would float, a cat that would purify the air and a cock that would crow when it was day undersea with him in a glass sphere so that he wouldn't drown. His sister, after losing the plant of immortal life, jumps overboard and is transformed into a mermaid at the bottom of the sea; that sister, later known as Gorgona, will destroy sailors during a storm if they do not acknowledge he still rules the world. Sometimes called "The Two Horned One", in Arabic traditions he was said to be a son of Darab. In Christian traditions, he supposedly entered into Heaven by grabbing on to some griffins. Another legend about this figure sees him being shown a basalt statue of his alleged father Nectanebo, and in some accounts he pulled a pin out of a relic residing in Telmissus in Phrygia. For 10 points, name this historical figure who legendarily cut the Gordian Knot.
A medieval legend about this figure saw him take a dog that would float, a cat that would purify the air and a cock that would crow when it was day undersea with him in a glass sphere so that he wouldn't drown.
{Alexander} the {Great}