Abstract
Summary In Near Eastern texts, mention is made of a goddess ‘ṯtart ḫurri/’strt ḥr which is sometimes rendered as the “Hurrian Astarte.” Until now, the second element *ḫr* has not been satisfactorily explained. In this article, a new etymology of the latter word is proffered and thismanifestation of the goddess Astarte is then associated with Άϕpοδίτης λιμνησία, “Aphrodite of the salt marshes.” It would then seem that this avatar of this Greek maritime goddess was borrowed from the Semitic world
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