Western Civ Blog 33

Today in western Civ cyber class we researched the relationship between Alexander and Bucephalus. Bucephalus was Alexanders horse. He is one of the most famous horses of antiquity. Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. They had a very strong relationship and they were inseparable. Only Alexander could ride Bucephalus. He rode him into every battle. He rode him from the conquest of the Greek city-states and Thebes through Gaugamela and into India. After the final defeat of Darius, Bucephalus was kidnapped while Alexander was away on excursion. When Alexander found out about his horse being kidnapped, he was very mad and made lots of threats. Not too long after, Bucephalus returned. Some people say Bucephalus died from battle wounds but some say he died of old age. Alexander founded a city in his beloved horse’s memory and named it Bucephala.