Asherah and Aphrodite: A coincidence?

Classical Quarterly 65 (1):355-356 (2015)
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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 and Philo of Byblos. I want here to note a curious and striking item of connection that has not been noticed.

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Studies in Lucian's De Syria Dea.Friedrich Solmsen & R. A. Oden - 1979 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 99 (1):118.

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