Stock Photo - Tetrapylon at Aphrodisias. Aphrodisiás was a small city in Caria, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor. Its site is located near the modern village of Geyre, Turkey, about 230 km 140 mi south-east of Izmir and about 100 km 62 mi inland from the coast. Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. According to the Byzantine encyclopedic compilation called the Suda, before being known as Aphrodisias, the city had held three previous names: Lelégon Pólis (City of the Leleges), Megále Pólis (Great City) and Ninóe. Turkey