Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Dec 15, 2022 04:10 PM
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History
An ancient sanctuary of the goddess Aphrodite, described by Pausanias and located at modern Dafni (Daphne) along the ancient sacred way from Athens to Eleusis.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579874
38.0128029284, 23.6159025982
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Sanctuary of Aphrodite (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἀφροδίτης ναός (Aphrodites naos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Δάφνη (Dafni: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Aphrodite, T. (Aphrodite T.: English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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- Dafni Pan cave (Attica) located at Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni (unspecified date range)
- Daphni Monastery succeeds Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni (AD 1000 - AD 1099)
sanctuary (religious center)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B2 Aphrodite, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Daphni
J.S. Traill, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, and Tom Elliott, 'Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579874> [accessed: 06 March 2025]
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