Astarte (also Hebrew or Phoenician עשתרת (transliterated Ashtoreth), Ugaritic ' t trt (also 'A t tart or 'Athtart ), Akkadian d As-tar-tú [also Astartu ], Greek Αστάρτη [ Astártê ]), was a major northwest- Semitic goddess, cognate in name, origin, and functions with the east-Semitic goddess Ishtar . Astarte, the consort