ASHERAH AND APHRODITE: A COINCIDENCE?
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Published:2015-04-02
Issue:1
Volume:65
Page:355-356
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ISSN:0009-8388
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Container-title:The Classical Quarterly
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language:en
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Short-container-title:The Class. Q.
Abstract
It has long been known that there is a significant connection between Aphrodite and Semitic goddesses. In Walter Burkert's recent words, ‘Behind the figure of Aphrodite there clearly stands the ancient Semitic goddess of love, Ishtar-Astarte.’ This was already recognized by Herodotus (1.105, 131) and Philo of Byblos (Eus.Prep. evang.1.812). I want here to note a curious and striking item of connection that has not been noticed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Philosophy,History,Classics