God · Mesopotamian

Mylitta

Mylitta, a god of the Mesopotamian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: mesopotamian

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as AphroditeHerodotus, Histories 1.131 and 1.199, c. 430 BCEHerodotus says the Assyrians call Aphrodite Mylitta, the name invoked in the Babylonian temple rite he describes.

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book I (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
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