Father of Midas, to whom tradition ascribed the founding of Phrygian cities beyond the Sangarius, including Ancyra.1
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Pausanias, telling how the Gauls crossed the Sangarius and captured Ancyra, records that Midas son of Gordius had founded that Phrygian city in former times — the only explicit genealogical anchor for Gordius in our sources.2
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