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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The Temple of Aphrodite

There is evidence for worship of Aphrodite here from the 7th century BC. In the 6th century BC a small temple was founded. It was surrounded by an enclosure and located on a small mound. Between 430 and 420BC and new temple was built on the foundations of this temple. It had an ante temple and cella or inner chamber and measured 13.40 by 6.20m. It was orientated on an east-west axis, with the front facing to the east. To the south east of the temple there are seven porous stone column bases that belonged to an arcade built in the 6th century BC to create a space for the construction of a porous stone altar to the east of the temple and the original mound. A support made from unfinished stone strengthened the arcade to the south east. During the Hellenistic times an enclosure replaced the mound, which had collapsed towards the end of the 4th century BC. Clay idols depicting female deities and a range of lead idols from ancient times comprised the precious votive offerings of the faithful. The temple continued in use until the first years of Christianity, the 5th century AD, when it was destroyed and looted.