Astarte Synonyms

ə-stärtē
A Semitic goddess of fertility and sexual love, worshiped by the Phoenicians and others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ashtoreth
  2. hecate
  3. hekate
  4. isis
  5. priapus
  6. selene

Words Related to Astarte

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. ishtar
  2. cybele
  3. hathor
  4. anahita
  5. ptah
  6. sekhmet
  7. mithras
  8. tammuz
  9. sun god
  10. amun
  11. attis

Astarte Sentence Examples

  • As a consequence of the first half of the name, Atargatis has frequently, though wrongly, been identified with Astarte.

  • But it is probable that the horns were primarily ram's horns, 4 and that Astarte the moon-goddess is due to the influence of the Egyptian Isis 1 The vocalization suggests the Heb.

  • Astarte was introduced also into Egypt and had her temple at Memphis.

  • To nomads, Astarte may well have been a sheep-goddess, but this, if her earliest, was not her only type, as is clear from the sacred fish of Atargatis, the doves of Ascalon (and of the Phoenician sanctuary of Eryx), and the gazelle or antelope of the goddess of love (associated also with the Arabian Athtar).

  • Both Baal and Astarte were venerated in Egypt at Thebes and Memphis in the XIXth Dynasty, and the former, through the influence of the Aramaeans who borrowed the Babylonian spelling Bel, ultimately became known as the Greek Belos who was identified with Zeus.

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