Astarte
Mythic, worshipped by Semitic peoples of Phoenicia (modern-day Syria and Lebanon), exact dates uncertain
Identical to Ishtar, Ashtoreth, and Asherah, Astarte was the Phoenician goddess of love and fertility and the patron of Sidon, a Lebanese port city. Like her other incarnations, she was the partner of Baal, the sun god and chief male deity. Many scholars believe that she is also a source for the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
