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Aphrodision

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 14, 2024 11:56 PM — History

Located outside the city walls of Pergamon, this temple, according to an inscription (OGIS 273-9), was supposedly the site of a victory of Attalos I over the Tolistogi, Galatians, and Antiochus Hierax. It was likely later destroyed by Philip V.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30893806

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.1325, 27.184167

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Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἀφροδίσιον (Aphrodision: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Aphrodision makes connections with:

Aphrodision part of (administrative) Pergamum (330 BC - 30 BC)

Aphrodision receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aphrodision: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30893806> [accessed: 22 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30893806 |title=Places: 30893806 (Aphrodision) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=June 22, 2025 8:33 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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