Bucephalus
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Born: ? Died: June, 326 BCE. The name, from the Greek Βουκέφαλος, from βοὸς and κεφαλή, meaning "ox-head", was the famous warhorse who carried Alexander the Great about through the duration of his adventures in the Orient. A fierce beast said to have wounded many a would-be rider, he was finally won over by a then 11-year old and not-yet great Alexander. He is pertinent to our AA tale because William Flintrock has written extensively about his theory that it was the horse, and not Alexander, who spurred the adventures for which both are so legendary. Flintrock posits a near supernatural creature of high intelligence, indominable will and steadfast ambition. Alexander is usually portrayed as a willing participant in the game, but paradoxically at times as a follower under some kind of mysterious magnetic pull, perhaps telepathic, which compelled him to ruin himself.
Tim Wilson's groundbreaking poetic tract, dispersed by leaflet cannon over Manhattan in 1994, pays homage to Flintrock's work in its title: Vapid Bucephalus.
