Les derniers temps du royaume d'Idalion et son annexion par Kition. Le témoignage des sculptures

Abstract

The limestone sculptures offered in the sanctuaries of Idalion -foremost that of Apollo - and in the surrounds during the second and third quarters of the 5th century B.C. constitute importance evidence for the end of this kingdom's independence and its submission to Kition. In taking up again a study of the main works, such as the large bust C 54 in the British Museum, and putting it in conjunction with the evidence available on the annexation of the kingdom of Idalion, it emerges that the "sub-Archaic" sculptures from the sanctuary of Apollo and other cult places which originally belonged to the territory of Idalion (for example, the "Chatsworth Apollo" and the Apollo of Malloura) were very likely to have been dedicated by the new Phoenician rulers.