Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Astartē: ēs, f., = Ἀστάρτη (Phoen. , Gesen. Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. 229; Heb. ),
I a Syro-Phœnician goddess; acc. to Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59, the fourth Venus; Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 5; 11, 33.