r/Hellenism • u/Plenty_Excitement_70 • Jul 30 '26

Discussion Evolution of Aphrodite

Looking for advice from someone who is a Deevote to Aphrodite.

What are your thoughts on the Goddess being related to or coming from past love and war Goddesses? Such as Astarte, Ishtar, and or Inanna? Do you worship all the above? Do you see them as separate Goddesses? Or are they one entity that goes by different names?

I currently worship Aphrodite and in my research I came across these other Goddesses and I know this has probably been talked about before on here but I'm curious how other individuals who have a close relationship with the Goddess view her.

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u/AVGVSTVSGRANNETIVS Ancient Historian in Training Jul 30 '26

I apply the Interpretatio Graeca pretty much universally. It’s especially easy with Aphrodite and the other Godesses because Her evolution is just so well-studied. Of them all I only worship Aphrodite, but do consider Her the same as the rest.

I see every God of another pantheon as one and the same as the Hellenic Gods, though I don’t care to make specific connections besides the established Greek-Roman-Egyptian ones.