- Ishtar
- chief goddess of the Assyrians and Babylonians, counterpart of Phoenician Astarte (q.v.), from Akkad. Ishtar.
- Aphrodite (n.)
- Gk. goddess of love and beauty; by the ancients, her name was derived from Gk. aphros "foam," from the story of her birth, but perhaps it is ult. from Phoenician Ashtaroth (Assyrian Ishtar). In 17c. Eng., pronounced to rhyme with night, right, etc.