- Bucephalus (brand)
Bucephalus (Gr "
ox -headed", from "polytonic|βους", "ox", and "polytonic|κεφαλή", "head") was a type of branding mark anciently used onhorse s. It was one of the three most common, besides "Ϻ ", San, and "Ϙ ", Koppa. Those horses marked with a San were called "Σαμφόραι", Samphorai; those with a Koppa, "polytonic|Κοππατίαι", Koppatiai; and those with an ox's head, "Βουκέφαλοι", Bucephali.This mark was stamped on the horse's buttocks, and his harnesses, as appears from the scholiast on
Aristophanes 's "The Clouds ", Hesychius, etc.
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