The horse was called Bucephalus and the boy would, of course, grow up to be Alexander the Great. Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child ...

The dawn of intensive agriculture, the education of Alexander the Great and bone-hunting in the American West all connect in meaningful ways to the history of the horse, but the depth of such ...

On the other, horse-powered warfare brought countless civilizations to their knees. Think of Alexander the Great astride Bucephalus, General Washington and his mount Blueskin, or Wellington ...