Buceph'alus

Buceph'alus (Gr., 'ox-head'), the name of the favourite charger of Alexander the Great, was probably also the name of a peculiar breed of horses in Thessaly. The young hero was the first to break in the steed, and thus fulfilled the condition stated by an oracle as necessary for gaining the crown of Macedon.—The town BUCEPHALIA, on the river Hydaspes (Jhelum), in India, was founded near the grave of Bucephalus, who died during Alexander's Indian expedition.