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Horse Tamers
The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers"—often identified as Castor and Pollux—have stood since antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. Napoleon's agents wanted to include them among the classical booty removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino, but they were too large to be buried or to be moved very far. They are fourth-century Roman copies of Greek originals. They gave to the Quirinal its medieval name "Monte Cavallo" (), which lingered
is supported by a kenning in a Norse poem that refers to "Grani's beauteous burden," indicating a common understanding of the motif.
Modern influence.
In Wagner's Ring cycle of operas the name (as "Grane") is given to Brünnhilde's horse.
In "Digimon Tamers", Grani was the name of the refitted 'Ark', which was used as a steed by Gallantmon late in the series. It was directly stated in episode 47 that it was named by its creators after