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Bucephalus |
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Bucephalus [bjuːˈsɛfələs] n (Historical Terms) the favourite horse of Alexander the Great [from Latin, from Greek Boukephalos, from bous ox + kephalē head] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He next proceeded to inspect his hack, which, with more quartos than a real and more blemishes than the steed of Gonela, that "tantum pellis et ossa fuit," surpassed in his eyes the Bucephalus of Alexander or the Babieca of the Cid. For them stage-coaches will have become romances--a team of four bays as fabulous as Bucephalus or Black Bess. Intact, my dear friend; besides the harness of your Bucephalus and mine. |
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