Acropolis - Sanctuary of Eros & Aphrodite

Numerous votive tablets found in caves on the northern face of the Acropolis indicate that there was a sanctuary of Eros and Aphrodite here.

In this area (below the Erechtheion to the northeast, outside the walls) stood the "temple of Aphrodite in the gardens" mentioned by Pausanias - to be distinguished from a temple of the same name, but probably of later date, on the Ilissos. This temple could be reached from the Acropolis by a flight of steps still visible northeast of the Erechtheion.