entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY,direct attestation,ยง22: Astghik explicitly equated with Aphrodite; the goddess of love at the Ashtishat cult complex. ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY,direct attestation,"I.15: the Vardavar festival of Astghik; the meaning of the place name Ashtishat (""city of Ashtart"") revealing the Semitic layer." ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation,Russell (1987) pp. 340-380: Astghik as convergence of Semitic Astarte and Iranian traditions in Armenian highlands; the Vardavar festival as survival; the star symbolism.