(Βουκεφάλας; Boukephálas). Thessalian warhorse, a gift to Alexander [4] as a boy. He was allegedly the only person capable of breaking him in. He never rode any other and it is illustrated with him in heroic style on the Alexander Mosaic and the Alexander Sarcophagus. B. died at a great age after the battle on the Hydaspes and Alexander founded a city, Bucephala in his honour. The life and death of B. are richly embellished in the ‘Vulgate’ ( Alexander historians) and in the Alexander Romance.
Bibliography
A. R. Anderson, Bucephalas an…