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

In The Crystal Bucephalus by Craig Hinton, the name of their planet was given as Sontara.

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

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.

A horse dealer named Philonicus the Thessalian offered Bucephalus to King Philip II for the sum of 13 talents, but because no one could tame the animal, Philip was not interested.

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.

" Bucephalus Bouncing Ball " was used as the fourth song on the soundtrack to the film Pi.

The first work to attract major attention was " Alexander Taming Bucephalus " carved in 1832 / 3 ( cast in bronze in 1883, and now standing in the quadrangle of Edinburgh City Chambers ).

The first version of the Goodwood Cup was established in 1808, and it was won on three separate occasions by Bucephalus.

According to Arrian ( Anabasis, 29 ), he built a city " on the spot whence he started to cross the river Hydaspes ", which he named Bukephala ( or Bucephala ) to honour his famous horse Bukephalus or Bucephalus which was buried in Jalalpur Sharif.

According to a historian of Gujrat district, Mansoor Behzad Butt, Bukephalus was buried in Jalalpur Sharif, but the people of Mandi Bahauddin, a district close to Jehlum, believed that their tehsil Phalia was named after Bucephalus, Alexander's dead horse.

It was at this battle that Alexander's famous horse Bucephalus was killed.

A statue of Caesar himself riding Bucephalus, the celebrated horse of Alexander the Great, was placed in front of the temple, to symbolise absolute power.

Bucephalid cercaria larva from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur ( 1904 ) The tail's furcae give the impression of horns, hence the genus name " Bucephalus " meaning " ox head.

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.

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

Swallowed by an enormous sea creature, the travelers locate Gustavus, Adolphus, and the Baron's trusty 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.

The mythic attributes of the animal are further reinforced in the romance by the Delphic Oracle, who tells Philip that the destined king of the world will be the one who rides Bucephalus, a horse with the mark of the ox's head on his haunch.

Arrian states, with Onesicritus as his source, that Bucephalus died at the age of thirty, an old age for a horse even in modern times.

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

He struck silver a with diademed portrait on the obverse and a reverse of Athena Alkidemos, and also a unique coin with the reverse of a king, possibly Alexander the Great, sitting on a horned horse similar to Alexander's Bucephalus and holding his hand in a benediction gesture.

* Many famous generals had renowned mounts, including Julius Caesar's legendary horse with " toes " described by Suetonius, the Duke of Wellington's famed charger Copenhagen, Napoleon Bonaparte's Marengo, Alexander the Great's horse Bucephalus, and Robert E. Lee's horse Traveller.

The Baron rides off on Bucephalus.

As the Baron and Bucephalus are bathed in the light of the sun parting through the clouds, they apparently disappear, and the credits roll over a triumphant blast of music.

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.

For example, for Aristotle, the actual entities were the substances, such as Socrates and Bucephalus.

The film ends with Alec holding the small statue of Bucephalus while The Black inspects it with curiosity.

Ancient accounts state that Bucephalus died after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, in what is now modern Pakistan, and is buried in Jalalpur Sharif outside of Jhelum, Pakistan.

Another account states that Bucephalus is buried in Phalia, a town in Pakistan's Mandi Bahauddin District, which is named after him.

A massive creature with a massive head, Bucephalus is described as having a black coat with a large white star on his brow.

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

Paintings of Labrum's Alexandrine subjects, including Bucephalus, survive today in the Louvre.

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 modern-day town of Jalalpur Sharif, outside Jhelum, is said to be where Bucephalus is buried.

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