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 Astag’oras (in Jerusalem Delivered).Astarte (3 syl.) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Astar’te (3 syl.).
 
Goddess of the Moon, in Phœnician mythology.   1
       
“With these in troop
       
Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians called
Astartë, queen of heaven, with crescent harns.”
       
Milton: Paradise Lost, i. 437–9.
 


 Astag’oras (in Jerusalem Delivered).Astarte (3 syl.) 

 
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