Sur la datation du culte du Cavalier thrace
On the dating of the cult of the Thracian horseman

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to clarify the chronology and especially the importance of the cult of the Thracian horseman, distinction is made between the votive monuments from those of a funerary character, from the very early fourth century BC to the end of the fourth century AD. His worship in Egypt – spread with the Thracian mercenaries as attested by Callimachus, offers a good parallel to evaluate his popularity in the Balkans in the early Hellenistic times. On the other hand, as his evolution in Egypt is detectable – crossing from the private to public area, suggests the possible way to understand his development in Thracia itself. Based to some archaeological finds and the use of shrines in the fourth century AD, we believe that his worship was preserved until it was replaced by Christianity.

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