bucephalus

Alexander the Great had a horse which carried him from battle to battle, conquest to conquest, a partner in the art of war. Yet the legend is that Alexander won the heart of this horse through tenderness and friendship. His name was Bucephalus, a stallion of dark color and high temper, and he has become a figure as mythic as his owner. Pothos.org's page on him will illustrate thusly.

But Alexander had another side kick: his dog Peritas. He's mentioned offhandedly in Plutarch, so:

Alexander's beloved dog, was named Peritas after the Macedonian name for
the month of January. Alexander raised him from a puppy and when he died named a city after him (Plut., Vit. Alex. 61.3).

Michael Feldman over at Britannica.blog asserts that Peritas was a greyhound and met his doom by the crushing feet of King Darius's war elephants at the battle of Gaugamela.

Hi, Candace.