Astarte (disambiguation)

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Astarte is an ancient Semitic goddess.

Astarte may also refer to:

Arts

• Astarte, an 1891 collection of erotic verse by Pierre Louÿs
• Astarté, a 1901 opera by Xavier Leroux
• Astarte (ballet), a 1967 ballet by Robert Joffrey
• Astarte (band), an all-female black metal band from Athens, Greece
• Astarte, a painting by John Singer Sargent

Biology

• Astarte borealis, a bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae
• Astarte castanea, a bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae
• Astarte elliptica, a bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae
• Astarte subaequilatera, a bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae
• Astarte undata, a bivalve mollusc in the family Astartidae
• Boloria astarte, a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family
• Callicore astarte, a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family

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

Use in fiction

• Astarte, sometimes Sailor Astarte, an original character in Sailor Moon musicals
• In Zadig, Astarté is the queen of Babylon and Zadig's final love interest
• Astartes, or Adeptus Astartes, a table-top wargame army of Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
• A Gallentean Command Ship class in the game Eve Online
• In the book "Misfit", Astarte is the main character, Jael's, Mother.

Other uses

• Prix d'Astarté, former title of the Prix Rothschild, a Group 1 flat horse race in France
• Astarte Education, a Norwegian private school opened in 2007 by Princess Märtha Louise
• HMS Astarte, a cancelled Amphion-class submarine

See also

• Astartea, a genus of flowering plant in western Australia