Temple of Aphrodite Urania
- 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 ( "Urania" a refined title meaning celestial). [ [http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/agora.htm plato-dialogues.org/tools/agora.htm] , URL accessed on June 2, 2008.]
According to Pausanias (geographer), 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.
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