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Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ . f ə . l ə s / ; Ancient Greek : Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς , romanized : Būcephắlās ; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas , was the horse of Alexander the Great , and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity . [ 1 ]
Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus is an 1826 history painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. [1] [2] It depicts a scene from ancient history when Alexander the Great tamed his famous warhorse Bucephalus. On the right of the picture are Alexander's father Philip II of Macedon and mother Olympias.
The sources are however unclear on the details of the foundation and naming of the cities. Arrian separates the clauses detailing the location and naming of the cities, so that although the reader knows that one of the two cities was called Nikaia and one named Boukephala, it is unclear which name corresponds to which city.
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Date: 2 January 2012: Source: Own work.This file was derived from: Front view of a woman.jpg Author: Taken at City Studios in Stockholm (www.stockholmsfotografen.se), September 29, 2011, with assistance from KYO (The organisation of life models) in Stockholm.
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In the late 1830s, Letitia Elizabeth Landon wrote three major poems on Alexander, beginning with Death-Bed of Alexander the Great. in 1835, [6] which was followed by The Dream in the Temple of Serapis. 1836 [7] and in 1837 Alexander on the Banks of the Hyphasis., [8] the latter being one of her Subjects for Pictures.