A statue by John Steell showing Alexander taming Bucephalus

* the statue Alexander taming Bucephalus in the courtyard in front of Edinburgh's City Chambers

File: Alexander & Bucephalus by John Steell. JPG | Alexander taming Bucephalus in Edinburgh

Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse, was said to be descended from these mares.

He also began work on several history paintings: Alexander and Bucephalus and The Daughter of Jephthah in 1859 – 60 ; Sémiramis Building Babylon in 1860 ; and Young Spartans around 1860.

Alexander founds two cities there, Alexandria on the Indus or Alexandria Nicaea ( to celebrate his victory ) and Alexandria Bucephalous or Bucephala ( named after his horse Bucephalus, which dies there ); and Porus becomes his ally.

Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse was said to be descended from these mares.

Seleucus I coin depicting Alexander the Great's horse Bucephalus.

He gives him a pocket knife and a small statue of Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse, from the loot and tells him the story of how Alexander became Bucephalus ' master.

Bucephalus or Bucephalas (; or Βουκεφάλας, from bous, " ox " and kephalē, " head " meaning " ox-head ") ( c. 355 BC – June 326 BC ) was Alexander the Great's horse and one of the most famous actual horses of antiquity.

Alexander and Bucephalus in combat at the battle of Issus portrayed in the Alexander Mosaic

As one of his chargers, Bucephalus served Alexander in numerous battles.

The value which Alexander placed on Bucephalus emulated his hero and supposed ancestor Achilles, who claimed that his horses were " known to excel all others — for they are immortal.

The legend of Bucephalus grew in association with that of Alexander, beginning with the fiction that they were born simultaneously: some of the later versions of the Alexander Romance also synchronized the hour of their death.

In the 2004 film Alexander, Bucephalus is portrayed by a Friesian, though unlikely to have been precisely of that type, as the northern European light draft breed did not develop until the 13th century, AD.

Alexander's horse was killed, although he was not at the time riding his beloved Bucephalus, either because Bucephalus was lame or because Alexander believed this battle to be too dangerous for Bucephalus.

Alexander then mounted his beloved horse Bucephalus at the head of his Companion cavalry and led a direct assault against Darius.

** Bucephala, or Alexandria Bucephalus, a city founded by Alexander the Great and named in honor of his horse, Bucephalus