Reference for Avodah Zarah 88:9
ואני אומר אינה גנובה זו עבודתה בכך וזו אין עבודתה בכך
But I maintain that [R. Gamaliel’s answer] was not deceptive, because [in the case of Peor] that is how it is worshipped, but [with Aphrodite] that is not how she is worshipped.
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