Who Is The Horse Of Don Quixote?

Rocinante. Rocinante, fictional character, the spavined half-starved horse that Don Quixote designates his noble steed in the classic novel Don Quixote (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes. Why is Don Quixote’s horse named Rocinante? “Rocinante”, then, follows Cervantes’ pattern of using ambiguous, multivalent words, which is common throughout the novel. Read more…