Bucephalus

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Bukephalos was the horse of Alexander the Great. Bukephalos is Greek for 'Oxhead'.

Alexander and Bucephalus at Battle of Issus (detail of a Roman mosaic, nowadays at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy)

The taming of Bucephalus by André Castaigne.

Alexander and Bucephalus at the Battle of Gaugamela (18th cent. ivory relief, M.A.N., Madrid)
Alexander mounts Bucephalus - for the first time, after having turned the horse into the sun, because he was shying from his shadow (1696).jpg

By F. Schommer

By Francesco Primaticcio

18th cent. porcelain sculptural group (M.A.N., Madrid)
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