I06 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



literature is it written that he was dear to 

 his master. 



It is generally believed that the fine bronze 

 found at Herculaneum* is a reduced copy of 

 the figures of Alexander and Bucephalas 

 from the famous group which was made by 

 Lysippus, at Alexander's own order, to 

 represent a scene at the battle of Granicus. 

 Of another likeness of Bucephalas we have 

 only a well-known anecdote. Alexander 

 once went to see his own portrait with that 

 of his horse, painted by Apelles. The king 

 did not praise the picture as it deserved. 

 But his horse, on being brought up, neighed 

 at the horse in the picture as if it were a 

 real animal; whereupon, "Your Majesty," 

 said Apelles, ''your horse seems to be a 

 good deal better judge of painting than 

 you are." 



* See cut on page 69. 



