Bucephalus

Alexander the Great's horse
Thing horse Q201598
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Bucephalus

Summary

Bucephalus is a horse[1]. Bucephalus was born on -0354-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. Bucephalus died on -0325-06-01T00:00:00Z[3]. Bucephalus ranks in the top 3% of horse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (719 views/month).[4]

Key Facts

  • Bucephalus was born on -0354-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Bucephalus died on -0325-06-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Bucephalus is buried at Jalalpur Sharif[5].
  • Bucephalus is buried at Phalia[6].
  • Bucephalus's image is recorded as Seleucos I Bucephalos coin.jpg[7].
  • Bucephalus is recorded as male organism[8].
  • Bucephalus's instance of is recorded as horse[9].
  • Bucephalus's instance of is recorded as individual animal[10].
  • Bucephalus's owned by is recorded as Alexander the Great[11].
  • Bucephalus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 311601102[12].
  • Bucephalus's GND ID is recorded as 1061116042[13].
  • Bucephalus's Commons category is recorded as Bucephalus (horse of Alexander)[14].
  • Bucephalus's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-Bucéphale.wav[15].
  • Bucephalus's color is recorded as black[16].
  • Bucephalus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hc10[17].
  • Bucephalus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0012647[18].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[22].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • Bucephalus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • Bucephalus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Bucephalus[25].
  • Bucephalus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 1046[26].
  • Bucephalus's NE.se ID is recorded as bukefalos[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Bucephalus was born on -0354-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Death and Burial

Bucephalus died on -0325-06-01T00:00:00Z[3]. Recorded place of burial include Jalalpur Sharif[5] and Phalia[6].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Bucephalus include Alexandria Bucephalous[28], an ancient city[29], in Seleucid Empire[30], founded in -0326[31] and Bucephala[32], a taxon[33].

Why It Matters

Bucephalus ranks in the top 3% of horse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (719 views/month).[4] Bucephalus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Bucephalus is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Bucephalus include Alexandria Bucephalous[28], an ancient city[29], in Seleucid Empire[30], founded in -0326[31] and Bucephala[32], a taxon[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Sex or gender male organism
    Instance of
    Owned by Alexander the Great
    Color black
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