ID: 901002386 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002386	Record Type: Character/Person

	Atargatis (Syrian deity)

Note: Great goddess of northern Syria; her chief sanctuary was at Hierapolis.

Names:

	Atargatis (Syrian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Ataratheh (Syrian deity) (English)
	Atar'atheh (Syrian deity) (Aramaic)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Atargatis (Syrian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Aphrodite
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aphrodite (Greek deity)) [901000612]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Atargatis (Syrian deity)
	................BWR database (2010-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 14 April 2021
	Atar'atheh (Syrian deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atargatis

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)