Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Mar 27, 2024 01:45 PM
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History
A sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania ("Heavenly") in Athens, on the Panathenaic Way as it entered the Athenian Agora. It consisted of an altar built around 500 BC and a temple built in the early first century AD. The Late Roman Stoa was built over the top of it in the fifth century AD.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/435244729
37.9763958493, 23.7226415143
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: archaeological site (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- ToposText Location: Aphrodite Ourania altar (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Altar and sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania (English, unspecified date range)
- ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας (hieròn Aphrodítēs Ouranías: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania located near Hephaisteion (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania located near Kerameikos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania located near Royal Stoa (30 BC - AD 300)
- Stoa Poikile next place in route Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania (30 BC - AD 300)
shrine, archaeological site
Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, and Tom Elliott, 'Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/435244729> [accessed: 28 January 2025]
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