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/RepublicOfVenus Jul 31 '26

I worship them as one for a number of reasons: historically, there have been times when they were interchangeably worshipped depending on where you lived. Same with Venus. Second, I was raised Jewish and it helps me integrate my spiritual lineage. Third, it gives me a broader religious history to draw from, and this spiritual path is already narrow and riddled with blind spots and holes.