Alexander and Bucephalus

The relationship between Alexander and Bucephalus was definitely and interesting story to be told. Bucephalus was a horse Alexander had earned through his miraculous transformation of the horse. Bucephalus began as a gift to Alexanders father, King Phillip. Bucephalus was a beautiful, massive black horse, but he seemed to be "untameable" . Because he was such a spooky horse, Phillip almost got rid of Bucephalus. Alexander did not want to see this horse sent away so decided to work with this horse. There was even a bet between the king and some other men whether Alexander could not handle this horse or not. Alexander stayed calm and gentle towards Bucephalus and the horse grew trust towards Alexander. Alexander was able to see that horse was afraid of its own shadow so Alexander helped Buceohalus by moving him into the sun so he would not face his shadow. As time went on Alexander was the only one person Bucephalus trusted and would allow to ride him. Alexander from that point on would ride Bucephalus into battle as his noble companion. This was the relationship between Alexander and Bucephalus.