Alexander the Great in legend

Bucephalus (; ; – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. According to the Alexander Romance (1.15), the name "Bucephalus" literally means "ox-headed" (from and ), and supposedly comes from a brand (or scar) on the thigh of the horse that looked like an ox's head.

knot in Greek mythology, used as a metaphor for difficult problems with little or no solution

figure in the Quran

ancient Greek literary work

Macedonian princess (353/2 or 346/5 BC – 295 BC)

strategic pass or passes used by Alexander the Great

16th century literary work

thumb|upright=1.3|An 18th-century Rococo painting of The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander the Great, by [[Johann Georg Platzer]] According to the mythological Greek Alexander Romance, Queen Thalestris (; ) of the Amazons brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he. According to the legend, she stayed with the Macedonian king for 13 days and nights in the hope that the great warrior would father a daughter by her.

pseudo-Aristotelian treatise covering many topics

mountainous district

4th century BC ruler of Kartli (Iberia)

protagonist of an early medieval travel account with cosmographical elements

Ancient Roman monument in Thessaloniki

Iranian mythological figure

one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

theory identifying the character Dhul-Qarnayn in the Quran as Alexander the Great

Legendary accounts surrounding the life of Alexander the Great

Anecdote in Greek philosophical history

Lamprecht, called der Pfaffe ("the Priest"), was a German poet of the twelfth century. He is the author of the Alexanderlied (“Song of Alexander”), the first German epic composed on a French model.