golden dove
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According to Diodorus, a first century BC Greek historian,Semiramiswas of noble parents, the daughter of thefish-goddessDerketo of Ascalon inAssyriaand of a mortal. He related that Derketo abandoned her at birth and drowned herself and thatdovesfed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her.
Legends describing Semiramis have been recorded by approximately 80 ancient writers including Plutarch, Eusebius, Polyaenus, Valerius Maximus, Orosius, and Justinus. She was associated withIshtar and Astartesince the time before Diodorus. The association of the fish and dove is found at Hierapolis Bambyce (Mabbog, now Manbij), the great temple that according to one legend, was founded by Semiramis, where her statue was shown with agolden doveon her head