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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 .
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 Battle of Hydaspes. Year 326 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Visolus and Cursor (or, less frequently, year 428 Ab urbe condita).
Phalia Town entrance. Phalia is situated at 32.43 N latitude and 73.58 E longitude. [3] It is located between the main cities of Mandi Bahauddin and Gujrat, about 23 kilometres from Mandi Bahauddin and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Gujrat and 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Malakwal and near about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Salam interchange on M-2 motorway, at an altitude of 672 feet (205 m) above ...