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[hypatia42]

Note to self; look into this.

"Greek historian Herodotus states that Aphrodite was originally an Asian goddess, related to Ishtar (Mesopotamia) and Ashtart/Astarte (Syria and Palestine)."

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[power-puffs-lab.livejournal.com]

I've heard some really interesting arguments for how a lot of the gods and goddesses moved across countries.


(http://www.alphabetvsgoddess.com/ highly recommended if you haven't read it...there are some others too but my brain is too far gone from the heat to come up with any of them)

[mage-imbroglio.livejournal.com]

this book is excellent... if your one of those people who likes to think. I don't always agree with Shlain's conclusions, but he is well written and presented. (Art & Physics also kicked ass)

[power-puffs-lab.livejournal.com]

I agree, his conculsions aren't always mine but they always make you think. And overall he writes well.

[thista.livejournal.com]

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?target=en%2C1;collection=Perseus%3Acollection%3AGreco-Roman;lookup=Aphrodite;formentry=1;template=;searchText=;alts=1;extern=1;doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3B7430%3B2873983;group=work;detail=Herodotus%2C%20Histories;.cgifields=group;.cgifields=alts;.cgifields=type;.cgifields=extern#Herodotus,%20Histories

Perseus Project is your friend.

It seems to me that Herodotus simply believed that Ishtar and Astarte (and possibly Innanna?) were the all the same Goddess, rather than one having come from the others. Personally, I'm not a fan of syncretism, but the ancients certainly were.