Temple of Aphrodite Urania
Located in Athens
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The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας, romanized: hieron Aphroditēs Ouranias) was located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania ("of the Heavens"). It has been identified with a sanctuary found in this area in the 1980s. This sanctuary initially consisted of a marble altar that was built around 500 BC and was gradually buried as the ground level rose. Another structure, perhaps a fountainhouse, was built to the west ca. 100 BC. In the early 1st century AD, an Ionic tetrastyle prostyle temple closely modelled on the Erechtheion's north porch, that was built to the north of the altar.
The temple fell into ruin by the early 5th century AD, when it was incorporated into a concrete platform, which was itself replaced by a Late Roman Stoa later in the first half of the 5th century AD. This structure fell into ruin in turn in the 6th or 7th centuries AD, after which the area was covered over by Byzantine housing. The identification of the remains with the sanctuary is based on literary testimony, a votive plaque found nearby, and analysis of the bone remains from sacrifices on the altar.