Astarte, great goddess of the ancient Middle East and chief deity of Tyre, Sidon, and Elat, important Mediterranean seaports. Hebrew scholars now feel that the goddess Ashtoreth mentioned so often in the Bible is a deliberate conflation of the Greek name
In later times, she was worshiped in the cities of Sidon, Tyre and Byblos, as well as in Phoenician colonies outside the Levant. However, in Carthage, the goddess Tanith seemingly played a similar role instead. The kings of Sidon were particularly involved in the cult of Astarte, and she...
Astarte was accepted by the Greeks under the name of Aphrodite. The island of Cyprus, one of Astarte's greatest faith centers, supplied the name Cypris as Aphrodite's most common byname. Other major centers of Astarte's worship were Sidon, Tyre, and Byblos. Coins from Sidon portray a chari...
Astarte was a major goddess who was worshiped from the Bronze Age through the 6th century AD. Astarte was known as the evening and morning star. She was the chief deity of Sidon, Tyre, and Elat. In Egypt, they worshiped her as a warrior goddess. She was paired with Anat, who is a...