Astarte (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Arts 2 Biology 3 Places 4 Other uses

Astarte is an ancient Semitic goddess.

The name may also refer to:

[edit] Arts

• Astarte Syriaca or Venus Astarte, an 1877 painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Astarte, an 1891 collection of erotic verse by Pierre Louÿs
• Astarte, a 1967 ballet by Robert Joffrey
• Astarte (band), an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece

[edit] Biology

• Astarte, genus in the Astartidae family of mollusks
• Astartea, a genus of flowering plant in western Australia

[edit] Places

• Mount Astarte, a mountain in the Pantheon Range of British Columbia, Canada
• Astarte Horn, a mountain peak on Alexander Island, Antarctica
• 672 Astarte, a minor planet discovered in 1908

[edit] Other uses

• HMS Astarte, a ship of the Royal Navy
• Prix d'Astarté, a Group 1 flat horse race in France
• Astarte (company), a German software company purchased by Apple Inc. in 2000
• Astarte Education, a Norwegian private school opened in 2007 by Princess Märtha Louise
• Astartes, or Adeptus Astartes, a table-top wargame army of Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
• Atis Astarte, a Therian hero from the table-top wargame AT-43.