Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Chaidari, Greek sanctuary in Chaidari, Greece.

The Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Chaidari is an ancient religious site with a small temple, altar, and several structures arranged along an old route connecting to Eleusis. The layout includes a courtyard area and a four-sided building as integral parts of the complex.

The ancient traveler Pausanias documented this site during his travels, confirming its existence in historical records as an established shrine. It served as a significant religious stop for people journeying along major routes in antiquity.

The sanctuary was an open-air place of worship used during the Eleusinian Mysteries, its position on the Sacred Way and the rural character of Aphrodite's cult pointing to a close link with the Eleusinian cult. Excavations trace the cult from the second half of the 5th century BC to Roman times.

The sanctuary lies about 12 km from Athens and 9 km before Eleusis, on the right of the ancient Sacred Way, in the Afaia Skaramagka area of Chaidari. The site has been restored, fenced and is open to the public. Three of the four steps, each 30 cm high, still lead up to the two-column entrance.

The sanctuary was used from the second half of the 5th century BC into Roman times, as the excavations showed through quantities of Roman pottery and Pausanias's testimony. Finds kept in the National Archaeological Museum include part of the torso of the cult statue of Aphrodite and a fragment of a parapet carved with a procession of Erotes.