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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 ]
Bucephalus (Ancient Greek: Βουκέφαλος, lit. 'ox-headed', from βοῦς , "ox", and κεφαλή , "head") was a type of branding mark used on horses in ancient Greece . It was one of the three most common, besides Ϻ , San , and Ϙ , Koppa .
Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia (1835/1845), as imagined by Eugène Delacroix.. Pythia was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi.There are more than 500 supposed oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi.
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.
What does it mean that the town of Phalia and or the region of Mandi Bahauddin are named after the horse Bucephalus? 76.87.81.33 01:45, 2 September 2011 (UTC) It means that the modern form of the name "Phalia" is believed by some to originate from "Bucephalus". Whether or not this is really the case would require demonstration of intermediate ...
Like Alexander's horse Bucephalus, Peritas was awarded a city named in his honor, with a monument to his glory in its central square. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Plutarch , after recalling the story of Bucephalus, "It is said, too, that when he lost a dog also, named Peritas, which had been reared by him and was loved by him, he founded a city and ...
Bucephala may refer to: . Bucephala, the goldeneye, a duck genus; Bucephala is the name of at least two cities: Bucephala, or Alexandria Bucephalus, a city in Punjab founded by Alexander the Great and named in honor of his horse, Bucephalus
The pair meet in Pella, Macedonia, and Alexander manages to be the only rider on Bucephalus after a battle in which Bucephalas lost his left eye by an enemy pike. Katherine Roberts acknowledges that the characters Charmia and Tydeos, both grooms in the royal stable, are fictional, as is the evil horsemaster.