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ATARGATIS

(Gk. Atargatis)

A Syrian goddess probably a composite of the Canaanite goddesses Astart, Anat, and Asherah. Her images usually depict her riding or flanked by lions; her consort, Hadad, is enthroned on or flanked by bulls. She is connected to fish and sacred ponds, both of which appear in her imagery and near her temples. Lucian (De Syria Dea) identifies Atargatis with Hera and Hadad with Zeus. In his campaign against neighboring nations, Judas Maccabeus burned a temple of Atargatis in the Gileadite town of Carnain (1 Macc. 5:43-44; 2 Macc. 12:26; called Ashteroth-karnaim in Gen. 14:5).

Rodney A. Werline






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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