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Why were the Greeks monogamous? Where did monogamy come from? And why?

This post got me thinking and looking and I realized something. Everyone points to the Greeks as the originators of monogamy, at least in Western Civilization. But no one says why or how. Most articles simply make the assertion but make zero attempt at any legitimate analysis.

The assertion here about Goddesses I think is very insightful. The primary Greek Goddess is Hera, the Goddess of marriage, Queen of Heaven and consort to Zues. And she is famously a vengeful, spiteful, jealous goddess always going after Zeus's mistresses and their offspring. As such, she embodies the spirit of monogamy: jealousy. control. spite. The very opposite of a loving help-meet who wants the best for her man.


"HERA (Hêra or Hêrê), probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called erros in the Aeolian dialect"

"she was treated by the Olympian gods with the same reverence as her husband...Zeus himself, according to Homer, listened to her counsels, and communicated his secrets to her rather than to other gods. Hera also thinks herself justified in censuring Zeus when he consults others without her knowing it...

Her character, as described by Homer, is not of a very amiable kind, and its main features are jealousy, obstinacy, and a quarrelling disposition, which sometimes makes her own husband tremble. Hence there arise frequent disputes between Hera and Zeus; and on one occasion Hera, in conjunction with Poseidon and Athena, contemplated putting Zeus into chains.... and when she is unable to gain her ends in any other way, she has recourse to cunning and intrigues...

she is the goddess of marriage and of the birth of children...

Hera had sanctuaries, and was worshipped in many parts of Greece, often in common with Zeus. Her worship there may be traced to the very earliest times.

Respecting the real significance of Hera, the ancients themselves offer several interpretations: some regarded her as the personification of the atmosphere , others as the queen of heaven or the goddess of the stars, or as the goddess of the moon, and she is even confounded with Ceres, Diana, and Proserpina. According to modern views, Hera is the great goddess of nature, who was every where worshipped from the earliest times. The Romans identified their goddess Juno with the Greek Hera."



"Hera is the goddess of marriage. Her name means great lady, the feminine form of the Greek word hero. She represented the ideal woman...

She clearly had a shadow side, and her weak suit was her jealous and vengeful nature, principally aimed against the lovers of her husband and their illegitimate offspring."

You can read the whole thing there, their description in some sounds like a co-dependent wife; the very sort that would violently act like Hera did in the myths and like so many wives do when their husbands suggest polygamy.

So what's the point of this little detour into Greek Mythology? Marriage is a cultural institution. Culture itself is formed from a feedback loop of religion, genetics, economy, language and more. Myths are very powerful in shaping people and culture. Your can see the essential characteristics of monogamy in Greek mythology, it's not hard to see how that influenced the culture on marriage. It is useful to note that the Greeks had concubines in the form of war captive slave women. They were monogamous in marriage but not sex. You see this in Zeus's dalliances or in the probably more common were man-boy relationships which probably were not as threatening to a wife's status. It begs the question if the rise of homosexuality is a necessary or common end result of monogamy. They certainly come from the same fount.

But this is all complex with varying influences and feedback loops. You can see in Christian polygamy how GrecoRoman culture trumped religion, transformed the religion, and then the power of that religion used colonial style to shape the marriage cultures of the other peoples of Europe. The real question is, what was the prime mover? What kicked of monogamy? These myths and the cultural practice had to start somewhere.

I would suggest maybe it came from Hera directly.

She was one of their earliest gods, a founding influence if you will. But they didn't just worship her, the temples had oracles, human vessels for the gods to speak directly to man. From a Biblical worldview these were in all likelihood originally demon possessed individuals. Paul in 1 Timothy 4 verifies this conjecture when he points out that prohibiting marriage is a doctrine of demons...

"But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth."

Hera was the Queen of Heaven. This is a title common across many ancient religions (and modern Catholicism, whose Mariolatry has a decidedly feminist slant). We should remember that many of the ancient deities shared common stories, titles, characteristics but went under different names. This is likely because they all date back to the same source, whether at Babel or before the flood in the Watchers; having her source in some early queen (whether human, nephalim or angelic). And so the origins are obscured despite the common threads.

And because of that I would not at all be surprised to find that Ishtar or Astarte or any other ancient 'goddess' was also pushing monogamy in some form.
 
So if you drop the a, monogamy only came from Her….

The actual source, of course, is the enemy of our souls. He both hates and fears polygyny done right. The threefold cord is tremendously stronger.
 
Why were the Greeks monogamous? Where did monogamy come from? And why?

This post got me thinking and looking and I realized something. Everyone points to the Greeks as the originators of monogamy, at least in Western Civilization. But no one says why or how. Most articles simply make the assertion but make zero attempt at any legitimate analysis.

The assertion here about Goddesses I think is very insightful. The primary Greek Goddess is Hera, the Goddess of marriage, Queen of Heaven and consort to Zues. And she is famously a vengeful, spiteful, jealous goddess always going after Zeus's mistresses and their offspring. As such, she embodies the spirit of monogamy: jealousy. control. spite. The very opposite of a loving help-meet who wants the best for her man.


"HERA (Hêra or Hêrê), probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called erros in the Aeolian dialect"







You can read the whole thing there, their description in some sounds like a co-dependent wife; the very sort that would violently act like Hera did in the myths and like so many wives do when their husbands suggest polygamy.

So what's the point of this little detour into Greek Mythology? Marriage is a cultural institution. Culture itself is formed from a feedback loop of religion, genetics, economy, language and more. Myths are very powerful in shaping people and culture. Your can see the essential characteristics of monogamy in Greek mythology, it's not hard to see how that influenced the culture on marriage. It is useful to note that the Greeks had concubines in the form of war captive slave women. They were monogamous in marriage but not sex. You see this in Zeus's dalliances or in the probably more common were man-boy relationships which probably were not as threatening to a wife's status. It begs the question if the rise of homosexuality is a necessary or common end result of monogamy. They certainly come from the same fount.

But this is all complex with varying influences and feedback loops. You can see in Christian polygamy how GrecoRoman culture trumped religion, transformed the religion, and then the power of that religion used colonial style to shape the marriage cultures of the other peoples of Europe. The real question is, what was the prime mover? What kicked of monogamy? These myths and the cultural practice had to start somewhere.

I would suggest maybe it came from Hera directly.

She was one of their earliest gods, a founding influence if you will. But they didn't just worship her, the temples had oracles, human vessels for the gods to speak directly to man. From a Biblical worldview these were in all likelihood originally demon possessed individuals. Paul in 1 Timothy 4 verifies this conjecture when he points out that prohibiting marriage is a doctrine of demons...



Hera was the Queen of Heaven. This is a title common across many ancient religions (and modern Catholicism, whose Mariolatry has a decidedly feminist slant). We should remember that many of the ancient deities shared common stories, titles, characteristics but went under different names. This is likely because they all date back to the same source, whether at Babel or before the flood in the Watchers; having her source in some early queen (whether human, nephalim or angelic). And so the origins are obscured despite the common threads.

And because of that I would not at all be surprised to find that Ishtar or Astarte or any other ancient 'goddess' was also pushing monogamy in some form.
YAH bless you brother for doing like the bereans did...
 
So if you drop the a, monogamy only came from Her….

The actual source, of course, is the enemy of our souls. He both hates and fears polygyny done right. The threefold cord is tremendously stronger.
100% polygyny and all customs of YAH

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. — Ephesians 6:12 KJV

Throughout scripture you find links between goddess worship and satanic sacrifice... even in London UK up to this day.
That's a different discussion in and of itself.
 
And because of that I would not at all be surprised to find that Ishtar or Astarte or any other ancient 'goddess' was also pushing monogamy in some form.
Which (when it comes to Ishtar/Easter) is evidently true. Author Johnathan Cahn has a relatively new book, worth reading, which at least obliquely addresses the point:

The Return of the Gods.

His primary thesis overall has to do with rising paganism in the once-God-fearing USA, and the return of, and to, those ancient demonic elohim. Not just Astarte, but Baal and Molech, by many names. But he puts a particular emphasis on Ashteroth/Ishtar, albeit with at least a singular (actually, TWO, but related) 'blind spot'.

He is careful to avoid offending "mainstream xtianity" - eschewing the obvious connection of the 'goddess Ishtar' to the name Easter, although he does reference ancient writings and poetry that uses other, less well-known, names, such as Inanna, and her sorcery, harlotry, sexual proclivity, warrior bent, and trans-sexuality. He does an excellent job of making the case for the connection between sexual abomination and the fake gods, particularly Ishtar, and recent history. The case for judgment is likewise reasonably clear, if a bit more soft-pedaled.

But just as the link between Ishtar/Easter and a pagan fertility rite having usurped even the name of YHVH's appointed time of Passover and Unleavened Bread, in favor of bunnies and eggs, is somewhat pointedly ignored, likewise it is her hermaphroditic promiscuity that takes center stage, rather than much of what has been done to 'marriage'.
 
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warrior bent, and trans-sexuality
That struck kinda hard because of the number of shootings that have been perpetrated by people with gender issues.
 
Why were the Greeks monogamous? Where did monogamy come from? And why?

This post got me thinking and looking and I realized something. Everyone points to the Greeks as the originators of monogamy, at least in Western Civilization. But no one says why or how. Most articles simply make the assertion but make zero attempt at any legitimate analysis.

The assertion here about Goddesses I think is very insightful. The primary Greek Goddess is Hera, the Goddess of marriage, Queen of Heaven and consort to Zues. And she is famously a vengeful, spiteful, jealous goddess always going after Zeus's mistresses and their offspring. As such, she embodies the spirit of monogamy: jealousy. control. spite. The very opposite of a loving help-meet who wants the best for her man.


"HERA (Hêra or Hêrê), probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called erros in the Aeolian dialect"







You can read the whole thing there, their description in some sounds like a co-dependent wife; the very sort that would violently act like Hera did in the myths and like so many wives do when their husbands suggest polygamy.

So what's the point of this little detour into Greek Mythology? Marriage is a cultural institution. Culture itself is formed from a feedback loop of religion, genetics, economy, language and more. Myths are very powerful in shaping people and culture. Your can see the essential characteristics of monogamy in Greek mythology, it's not hard to see how that influenced the culture on marriage. It is useful to note that the Greeks had concubines in the form of war captive slave women. They were monogamous in marriage but not sex. You see this in Zeus's dalliances or in the probably more common were man-boy relationships which probably were not as threatening to a wife's status. It begs the question if the rise of homosexuality is a necessary or common end result of monogamy. They certainly come from the same fount.

But this is all complex with varying influences and feedback loops. You can see in Christian polygamy how GrecoRoman culture trumped religion, transformed the religion, and then the power of that religion used colonial style to shape the marriage cultures of the other peoples of Europe. The real question is, what was the prime mover? What kicked of monogamy? These myths and the cultural practice had to start somewhere.

I would suggest maybe it came from Hera directly.

She was one of their earliest gods, a founding influence if you will. But they didn't just worship her, the temples had oracles, human vessels for the gods to speak directly to man. From a Biblical worldview these were in all likelihood originally demon possessed individuals. Paul in 1 Timothy 4 verifies this conjecture when he points out that prohibiting marriage is a doctrine of demons...



Hera was the Queen of Heaven. This is a title common across many ancient religions (and modern Catholicism, whose Mariolatry has a decidedly feminist slant). We should remember that many of the ancient deities shared common stories, titles, characteristics but went under different names. This is likely because they all date back to the same source, whether at Babel or before the flood in the Watchers; having her source in some early queen (whether human, nephalim or angelic). And so the origins are obscured despite the common threads.

And because of that I would not at all be surprised to find that Ishtar or Astarte or any other ancient 'goddess' was also pushing monogamy in some form.
Maybe it has something with conquests in Greek history. There were several waves of invasions.

Easy way to keep all property inside ruling class is by claiming only one legitimate wife, while allowing having a bunch of illegiminate ones.

I remember @Keith Martin also saying that monogamy has tool for power centralization.

There won't be great dynasties if all property must be spread on dozen children.
 
Why were the Greeks monogamous? Where did monogamy come from? And why?

This post got me thinking and looking and I realized something. Everyone points to the Greeks as the originators of monogamy, at least in Western Civilization. But no one says why or how. Most articles simply make the assertion but make zero attempt at any legitimate analysis.

The assertion here about Goddesses I think is very insightful. The primary Greek Goddess is Hera, the Goddess of marriage, Queen of Heaven and consort to Zues. And she is famously a vengeful, spiteful, jealous goddess always going after Zeus's mistresses and their offspring. As such, she embodies the spirit of monogamy: jealousy. control. spite. The very opposite of a loving help-meet who wants the best for her man.


"HERA (Hêra or Hêrê), probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called erros in the Aeolian dialect"







You can read the whole thing there, their description in some sounds like a co-dependent wife; the very sort that would violently act like Hera did in the myths and like so many wives do when their husbands suggest polygamy.

So what's the point of this little detour into Greek Mythology? Marriage is a cultural institution. Culture itself is formed from a feedback loop of religion, genetics, economy, language and more. Myths are very powerful in shaping people and culture. Your can see the essential characteristics of monogamy in Greek mythology, it's not hard to see how that influenced the culture on marriage. It is useful to note that the Greeks had concubines in the form of war captive slave women. They were monogamous in marriage but not sex. You see this in Zeus's dalliances or in the probably more common were man-boy relationships which probably were not as threatening to a wife's status. It begs the question if the rise of homosexuality is a necessary or common end result of monogamy. They certainly come from the same fount.

But this is all complex with varying influences and feedback loops. You can see in Christian polygamy how GrecoRoman culture trumped religion, transformed the religion, and then the power of that religion used colonial style to shape the marriage cultures of the other peoples of Europe. The real question is, what was the prime mover? What kicked of monogamy? These myths and the cultural practice had to start somewhere.

I would suggest maybe it came from Hera directly.

She was one of their earliest gods, a founding influence if you will. But they didn't just worship her, the temples had oracles, human vessels for the gods to speak directly to man. From a Biblical worldview these were in all likelihood originally demon possessed individuals. Paul in 1 Timothy 4 verifies this conjecture when he points out that prohibiting marriage is a doctrine of demons...



Hera was the Queen of Heaven. This is a title common across many ancient religions (and modern Catholicism, whose Mariolatry has a decidedly feminist slant). We should remember that many of the ancient deities shared common stories, titles, characteristics but went under different names. This is likely because they all date back to the same source, whether at Babel or before the flood in the Watchers; having her source in some early queen (whether human, nephalim or angelic). And so the origins are obscured despite the common threads.

And because of that I would not at all be surprised to find that Ishtar or Astarte or any other ancient 'goddess' was also pushing monogamy in some form.
When you dig deeper it goes all the way back to the garden and the temptation/offer from ha satan to the woman that she would be like God, hence the reverse engineering of the YAH created order in the union of man and woman, bringing about, goddess worship across the earth, matriarchy, feminism, religion etc, which is the reason why restoration of the YAH ordained order of the union between man and woman is vital and an intrinsic part and representation of the gospel of MessiYAH
 
I remember @Keith Martin also saying that monogamy has tool for power centralization.

There won't be great dynasties if all property must be spread on dozen children.
I have believed for some time that the move to outlaw polygyny in the 'universal' Roman church a few decades before the first millennium was a power grab, to ensure that powerful families (in the mold of Abraham and Yakov) were not able to perpetuate a dynasty.

It worked so well that the next threat - powerful families of priests - were thwarted shortly thereafter.

The perversions that followed - and persist - seem to be an obvious corollary of rebellion to His Instruction.
 
I have believed for some time that the move to outlaw polygyny in the 'universal' Roman church a few decades before the first millennium was a power grab, to ensure that powerful families (in the mold of Abraham and Yakov) were not able to perpetuate a dynasty.

It worked so well that the next threat - powerful families of priests - were thwarted shortly thereafter.

The perversions that followed - and persist - seem to be an obvious corollary of rebellion to His Instruction.
Dynasty building favours monogamy, especially primogeniture. Power requires keeping all wealth is hand of one man. Also, it makes non-firstborn sons very dependant on other people since they have nothing.

Consider Capetian miracle. 10 generation with only one heir which means family holding only grow.

In polygyny wealth is spread around. This diversification makes whole clan economically resilient. Secondly, how large will family army be? After 2/3 generation easily one company and 1/2 generations more full brigade size. This would be considerable military might.

In smaller town police couldn't intimidate family. I'm serious, with large enough property they could windstand police siege for years. Locals would have to cry out for federales's help.

Regarding Church behaviour. It was simple property grab. No priest would like to work for free. He would also like to leave his property to his children. No children, everything reverts to Church.
 
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No, I am afraid not. It is merely a bunch of assertions.

Seriously man! I would never use that in an argument, without proper sources, a historian or someone who was an expert in the Babyonian language. I recently watched a video where a pastor got shot down, because he used an argument about some scientific notion that women have the DNA of all the men they slept with, and it really hurt his case in the debate and his effort to argue in favor of polygyny.

If you have good sources, please cite them.


Seriously @YAHites, he's right, you didn't answer his query. Let me rephrase his question:

What ancient historical document shows that the queen of heaven demanded monogamy-only?

You may well be right, I'm not saying you're wrong. I'd like to know the answer too.

@Daniel DeLuca @MemeFan @FollowingHim 👀

Augustine of Hippo stated that Juno was named Astarte in the Punic language, a notion that the discovery of the Pyrgi lamellae has proved correct.
Augustinus Quaestiones in Heptateuchum VII 16

As to the queen of heaven / astarte / hera / juno demanding monogamy only, I have read that she as the goddess of marriage and monogamy was the influence for that specific law of bigamy many years ago, the reference was not from an ancient writing as you request but from a modern writing about roman laws which I cannot remember at the moment, it may well be on the site, but, when I do locate it I will post it.

The roman empire itself is founded on so called myth or mythical precedence with regards to the formulation of its laws from customs, namely the law of the twelve tables which had been unwritten and exclusively interpreted by upper-class priests, the pontifices, from which the pontifiex maximus derives his authority. So, far from being an assertion, it is an historical fact that priests who were dedicated to their specific deities not only were responsible for the founding laws of rome but also more than a passing influence on the development of laws including marriage laws in Rome, and laws up until this very day.

The Collegium Pontificum (College of Pontiffs / pontifices) was the most important priesthood of ancient Rome. It's foundation and the office of pontifex maximus is attributed to the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, who was referred to earlier on in this thread by @PeteR making Numa Pompilius not only a king but a priest who declared laws.


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Thank you @rockfox this is indeed the book, I found it in my kindle library.

I hope you are all doing like the bereans and @rockfox did 👁👁
 
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I hope you are all doing like the bereans and @rockfox did 👁👁
Well, no one is disputing the origins of monogamy only originated from the Greeks and the Romans. Did you provide a citation for this claim? I am not seeing it.

The Babylonians worshipped the same "goddess" the Roman's went on to worship under a different name. It was that entity that demanded monogamy through the law of bigamy.
 
@Daniel DeLuca are you a pastor?

Maybe you are not seeing it because you don't really want to as you claim.

you obviously did not read the post that I wrote, or maybe you missed it, so, here you are, again...

Augustine of Hippo stated that Juno was named Astarte in the Punic language, a notion that the discovery of the Pyrgi lamellae has proved correct.
Augustinus Quaestiones in Heptateuchum VII 16

to clarify, again, I never stated the origins of monogamy originated from the Greeks and Romans, I clearly stated

"...My whole premise is that it is daemons devils "goddess" adversaries of YAH who are headed up by ha-satan, that are the ones who influenced societies, in the case of our monogamy discussion from Babylon through to Rome..."

I suggest you read what I shared and then what @rockfox shared (who actually read and investigated what I shared) before responding.

When you ask for evidence that was presented in the first paragraph of my response to yourself, @FollowingHim & @MemeFan and then you go on to misquote me, your intentions are questionable. The silence was loud then to respond like that was............___________

I have no idea whether you are purposefully being obtuse, or trying to be difficult for reasons unknown to me, in what I believed was meant to be a discussion between men loving & seeking the truth in order to live the truth. Disappointing.

The answers have been supplied scroll back and read from where I responded.
 
You cited a reference to the fact that Juno was a synonym for Astarte - this is a minor side detail.

Your key claim was that Juno / Astarte required monogamy. You did not give a reference for this, but said that came from "a modern writing about Roman laws which I cannot remember at the moment." @rockfox then shared a photo of a modern book making this same claim, again with no reference.

That is your fundamental point, which I would really like to see an ancient reference for. I fully understand if you are unable to provide one. But don't criticise us for asking the question. It's an important question, just as your point is an important point.
 
@Daniel DeLuca are you a pastor?

Maybe you are not seeing it because you don't really want to as you claim.

you obviously did not read the post that I wrote, or maybe you missed it, so, here you are, again...



to clarify, again, I never stated the origins of monogamy originated from the Greeks and Romans, I clearly stated

"...My whole premise is that it is daemons devils "goddess" adversaries of YAH who are headed up by ha-satan, that are the ones who influenced societies, in the case of our monogamy discussion from Babylon through to Rome..."

I suggest you read what I shared and then what @rockfox shared (who actually read and investigated what I shared) before responding.

When you ask for evidence that was presented in the first paragraph of my response to yourself, @FollowingHim & @MemeFan and then you go on to misquote me, your intentions are questionable. The silence was loud then to respond like that was............___________

I have no idea whether you are purposefully being obtuse, or trying to be difficult for reasons unknown to me, in what I believed was meant to be a discussion between men loving & seeking the truth in order to live the truth. Disappointing.

The answers have been supplied scroll back and read from where I responded.
All I did was offering alternative explanation. Logical one which makes sense. Were then people motivated by demons is hard to say. My explanation work with/without demons.

Additionally, in Indo-European socities first native religion is ancestor worship where pater families was chief priest and lawgiver of family. They could easily proclaim monogamy-only law. And all laws were religious. Key question is why? Without sources (which by way almost certainly don't exist) which would explain us why, we can only guess.
 
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All I did was offering alternative explanation. Logical one which makes sense. Were then people motivated by demons is hard to say. My explanation work with/without demons.

Additionally, in Indo-European socities first native religion is ancestor worship where pater families was chief priest and lawgiver of family. They could easily proclaim monogamy-only law. And all laws were religious. Key question is why? Without sources (which by way almost certainly don't exist) which would explain us why, we can only guess.
Thank you I understand
 
You cited a reference to the fact that Juno was a synonym for Astarte - this is a minor side detail.

A minor side detail..... interesting

Your key claim was that Juno / Astarte required monogamy. You did not give a reference for this, but said that came from "a modern writing about Roman laws which I cannot remember at the moment." @rockfox then shared a photo of a modern book making this same claim, again with no reference.

ironically interesting....

That is your fundamental point, which I would really like to see an ancient reference for. I fully understand if you are unable to provide one. But don't criticise us for asking the question. It's an important question, just as your point is an important point.

Here is the issue, you are depending on an ancient reference to establish something as truth, when presented with historical facts.
Your pedantic requirement for this point sounds just like the muslims standard request "show me in the bible where Jesus says 'I am God worship me' "

Research for the truth doesn't solely depend on ancient references that state the answer for your particular question, it depends on objectively analysing all the information at hand to get to the truth. If you had objectively read what I wrote and presented and did what @rockfox did by researching to see if what I presented was true or not we would be having a completely different conversation right now.

You are holding a myopic position that belies the fact that you (I believe, I may be wrong) wrote 'Marriage From The Bible Alone' which was a quite well written objective piece.

@steve responded with a clever play on the name of the demon deity goddess that showed that he had at least read what was written with at least a modicum of objectivity.

So if you drop the a, monogamy only came from Her….

The actual source, of course, is the enemy of our souls. He both hates and fears polygyny done right. The threefold cord is tremendously stronger.

This discourse has been disappointing but revealing. As I suggested to @Daniel DeLuca if you really are interested in the truth of what I presented as you stated, it would behoove you to go through what I wrote and then what @rockfox wrote and presented, objectively, then do as the bereans did.
 
@YAHites, I am simply interested in the truth. You should note that I have never once said you were wrong, I have simply asked for references to back it up.
Here is the issue, you are depending on an ancient reference to establish something as truth, when presented with historical facts.
How do you know this is a "historical fact"? That's what you need an ancient reference for. You're presupposing something you read somewhere is a fact, when without an ancient reference for all you know it could have been imagined by whoever wrote it. I'm not willing to jump to conclusions like that.

As I am actually interested in understanding this, I have just spent some time investigating what is known about the cult of Astarte in order to determine what she was associated with. As far as I can determine, very little is actually known about this cult (please tell me if I've missed anything important).

In what very little is available, I have not yet been able to find any association between Astarte and monogamy. On the contrary, in Egyptian mythology Astarte and Anat were the wives of Set - in other words, in Egypt she is pictured as a wife in a polygamous marriage.
 
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