Temple of Aphrodite Urania

The Temple of Aphrodite Urania (Greek:"Αφροδίτη Ουρανία") is a temple located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania.[1]

According to Pausanias,[2] the sanctuary had a marble statue of the deity sculpted by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias. Today, there are a few number of saved stones on the slope of the hill beside the train tracks and near the temple of her husband Hephaestus.

References

  1. ↑ plato-dialogues.org/tools/agora.htm, URL accessed on June 2, 2008.
  2. ↑ Pausanias, I,14,7

Coordinates: 37°58′34″N 23°43′18″E / 37.9760°N 23.7217°E / 37.9760; 23.7217

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