
The Name Alex
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Alexander the Great's Horse That Eats People
In real life Alexander the Great had a famous horse that's how famous he was. He had a horse named Busephalis but in the Alexander romance Busephalos is a giant horse that can eat entire humans. I have heard of horses biting people and turning your skull into a bowl shape with their kicks so I think a really big horse that eats people is legitimately scary. Yeah it would be fun you know it's just the this whole book like it would be fine as an adventure story but the main character is a real guy from history.
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