>>19129762It's no wonder that guys like Epstein still pay homage to her.
>Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 197 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.): "Venus [Ashtarte]. Into the Euphrates River an egg of wonderful size is said to have fallen, which the fish rolled to the bank. Doves sat on it, and when it was heated, it hatched out Venus [Aphrodite], who was later called the Syrian goddess [Ashtarte]. Since she excelled the rest in justice and uprightness, by a favour granted by Jove [Zeus], the fish were put among the number of the stars [as the constellation Pisces], and because of this the Syrians do not eat fish or doves, considering them as gods." [N.B. These fish appear to be the original Syrian form of the late classical Ikhthyokentauroi (Fish-Centaurs)>Suidas s.v. Aphroi (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.): "Aphroi (Africans) : Name of a people; the Karthaginians (Carthaginians). [They are descended] from Aphros who was king of Libya, the son of Kronos (Cronus) by Philyra." 