Talk:Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible/Rap Meanings/@comment-164665-20160712190031

But now you got the Panhellenist from Pella hella pissed

A Hellenist is either specialist in the language or culture of Ancient Greece or, more likely in this battle, it refers to someone who may have been Greek in language and way of life but not born in Greece itself, which at the time meant somebody from the city states of Athens, Sparta or Thebes - something which Alexander was not as he was from the Kingdom of Macedon. The second part of the line refers to Pella, capital of Macedon and Alexander's birthplace.

And slice you in half like the Gordian knot

According to legend, Alexander came to Gordium, capital of Phrygia, where a chariot was fastened inside the palace with an intricate knot and it was said that whomever could untie the knot would be the future conquerer of Asia - a problem which Alexander solved by slicing the knot in two with his sword.