{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entity_relationships", "rows": [[2396, "ENT_ARA_ALLAT", "received_as", "ENT_APHRODITE", "high", "Herodotus (Histories 3.8, c. 430 BCE) is the earliest and most explicit ancient equation of an Arabian goddess with a Greek one: he names the two Arabian deities as \"Orotalt\" (= Dushara/Allah) and \"Alilat\" (= Al-Lat), and explicitly states \"Alilat is the same as Aphrodite.\" He specifies Aphrodite Ourania (Heavenly Aphrodite), the celestial aspect of Aphrodite associated with the morning star / Venus \u2014 the precise identification that connects Al-Lat to the Venus goddess tradition spanning Inanna/Ishtar (Mesopotamian), Astarte (Canaanite/Phoenician), and Aphrodite (Greek). Herodotus's account predates the Nabataean kingdom proper (which emerges as a distinct polity c. 4th c. BCE) and documents the pre-Nabataean north Arabian goddess tradition. The existing Athena equation (ENT_ARA_ALLAT received_as ENT_ATHENA) reflects the later Palmyrene period identification; the Aphrodite equation via Herodotus is the earlier and more widespread ancient testimony. SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES 3.8.", "SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES", "reviewed", "PER_ARA_PRE_ISLAMIC"]], "columns": ["relationship_id", "subject_entity_id", "relationship_type", "object_entity_id", "confidence", "rationale", "source_id", "review_status", "period_id"], "primary_keys": ["relationship_id"], "primary_key_values": ["2396"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.881721000022708, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}