{"id":5334,"date":"2026-04-27T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/ate\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:56","slug":"ate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/ate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5334\" class=\"elementor elementor-5334 elementor-2043 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ate, Goddess of the Greek Tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Goddess of delusion, ruin and fatal decisions.<\/strong> Ate is a dark force in Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, not evil but ruinous. She sends madness and misjudgement into the hearts of heroes and kings. Her steps are quiet, her influence treacherous. She walks upon the earth and leads people into catastrophe by darkening their judgement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ Goddess: Personified highest power in the pantheon of a culture, with clear responsibilities such as forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. 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Gods from the Greek tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_ate-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_ate-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_ate-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_ate.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><strong>Ate in Homer&#8217;s Iliad: Goddess of Delusion and Ruin<\/strong><\/p><p>Homer&#8217;s <em>Iliad<\/em> 9.502-512 contains the classic depiction: Zeus declares that Ate, the goddess of delusion and bad counsel, deceived even him and was therefore banished from Olympus. Ate represents the inability to foresee consequences and the temptation of wrong decisions.<\/p><p>In 19.85-138 she is described in detail, a goddess who runs lightly across the earth and destroys entire peoples by entering the minds of mortals and blinding them.<\/p><p>For Homer this goddess is a cosmological force, not morally judged but presented as a reality of human susceptibility to error. She embodies the tragic fate of the mistake, especially in war, where a flawed command costs thousands of lives.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief Profile: Ate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Personification<br><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">Tradition<\/span>:<\/strong> Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span><br><strong>Class:<\/strong> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Demon<\/span>\/Goddess<br><strong>Role:<\/strong> Delusion, error, madness<br><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Hesiod Theogony 230, 232, Homer, Apollodorus, Plato<br><strong>Sphere of effect:<\/strong> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mind<\/span>, judgement, moral confusion<br><strong>Main conflict:<\/strong> Divine will vs. human reason<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the Texts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hesiod&#8217;s Theogony, around 700 BC, is the oldest source (Ate as daughter of Zeus). Homer&#8217;s Iliad IX, 500, 512 expands the characterisation. Greek tragedy of the 5th century BC (Sophocles, Aeschylus) uses Ate as a dramaturgical force. Later: Plato, Plutarch, the Stoics (Ate as inner darkening).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Area of Distribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This section will be filled in in a forthcoming update of the lexicon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State of the Sources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-nosnippet><strong>Primary sources:<\/strong><br><em>Hesiod, Theogony<\/em> 230, 232<br><em>Homer, Iliad<\/em> IX, 500, 512<br><em>Sophocles, Electra<\/em> 621<br><em>Aeschylus, Agamemnon<\/em><br><strong>Secondary sources:<\/strong> Burkert, Griechische <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">Religion<\/span> 1977; Bremmer, Greek Religion 1994; Pauly, Der kleine Pauly; Graf, Greek Mythology 1993<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name and Variants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ate is rarely depicted pictorially, since her force is invisible. She is described as swift-footed, often with madness in her gaze, and sometimes as a female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"In ancient Greek, an intermediate being between god and human, often understood as a guardian spirit or inner genius.\">daimon<\/span> with a dark radiance. Her symbols are confusion, the false word, the fateful decision.<\/p><p>She is sometimes depicted as being drawn up into the heavens (according to Homer), with the Litai (prayers for forgiveness) running behind her to repair the damage. Her presence is a change of atmosphere, a darkening of judgement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Characteristics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ate is not actively worshipped but feared and resisted. She is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> in prayers for protection against delusion. She is a force that must be recognised; Sophocles and other tragedians are masters at showing Ate&#8217;s influence on heroes.<\/p><p>She sends <em>at\u00ea<\/em> (delusion, folly) that leads to ruin. In tragedy she is often the hidden force behind a hero&#8217;s downfall. Her veneration consists rather in rituals of aversion: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express thanks, request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacrifices<\/span> to appease the Litai, prayers for clarity.<\/p><p><strong>Appearance and Symbolism<\/strong><\/p><p>Ate is often depicted as a blind or light-footed goddess who darted swiftly across the earth and Olympus without returning. Homer described her with golden hair that deceives and seduces. She sometimes wore wings to underline her fleeting nature.<\/p><p>Unlike personified malice, she was rather human delusion itself made visible. Her attributes were confusion, deceit and the darkening of reason. She stood in close relation to Nemesis (retribution), who often followed her; whoever was seduced by Ate had to endure the punishment of Nemesis.<\/p><div><p><strong>Ate in Hesiod and the Aeschylean Interpretation<\/strong><\/p><p>Hesiod&#8217;s <em>Theogony<\/em> names Ate (sometimes called Eris) as a daughter of Night or as a sister of Ares. She is not as dominantly personalised as Zeus&#8217;s Ate in Homer, but her effect is present: she sows discord and ruin.<\/p><p>Aeschylus uses Ate in his tragedies as a motivating concept; the <em>Agamemnon<\/em>, for instance, is permeated by Ate: the king is deluded by pride (<em>hubris<\/em>), through which he defiles the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A building that serves the worship of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span> and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Verbal formula by which harm is to be inflicted on a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curses<\/span> his family.<\/p><p>Aeschylus makes Ate the link between guilt and punishment, not as an external power but as an internal moral clouding. This shapes Greek tragedy as a whole: Ate is not fate in the sense of mere inevitability, but delusion that prepares guilt and makes ruin possible.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Ate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Greek mythology, Ate is the personification of delusion, who leads gods and humans alike into rash deeds. Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus; in Hesiod she appears as a daughter of Eris, the goddess of strife. Her field of action is the moment of decision, when judgment and a sense of proportion fail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultural Context<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Genealogy:<\/strong> Daughter of Zeus and Themis (goddess of order). Antithesis: order gives birth to confusion. Ate exists as an autonomous cosmic force, older than conscious decision. She acts upon the mind before insight sets in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related To<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Function:<\/strong> Ate causes delusion (\u1f04\u03c4\u03b7), a cognitive and moral darkening. An unintended cosmic force, not evil in the active sense. It affects primarily rulers and kings, whose wrong decisions trigger collective catastrophes. In tragedy: a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A verbal formula intended to inflict harm upon a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curse<\/span> spanning generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Depiction<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Greek art never developed a fixed visual representation of Ate; she remains above all a figure of poetry. Homer describes her as light-footed: she does not touch the ground but strides over the heads of men and confuses their minds. The Iliad also relates that Zeus, after the deception at the birth of Heracles, seized her by the hair and hurled her from Olympus to the earth; since then she has been at work among mortals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Function<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mythical effect:<\/strong> Homer&#8217;s Iliad: Ate deludes Zeus, who swears an unholy oath, triggering the Trojan War. Aeschylus&#8217;s Agamemnon: the Ate of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon = the family <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A verbal formula intended to inflict harm upon a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curse<\/span> of the House of Atreus. Examples: Phaethon (the horses of the sun), Pentheus (Bacchae), Ajax (madness). Sphere: war, blood, mourning, catastrophes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Means of Protection<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As protective powers against Ate, the Iliad names the Litai, the personified prayers, who as daughters of Zeus follow behind delusion and soften its consequences. Whoever honors the Litai and asks forgiveness can, according to Homer, limit the damage done by Ate; whoever turns them away draws fresh misfortune upon himself. No physical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object credited with a protective, evil-averting effect.\" tabindex=\"0\">amulet<\/span> against Ate is recorded in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> sources; the protection lies in conduct: prudence, moderation, and timely atonement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparable Figures<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Related personifications in other cultures:<\/strong> The Greek <em>Ate<\/em> as the embodiment of delusion has a distinct position in Hellenic thought, yet can be compared functionally with similar concepts of other traditions.<\/p><p>In Mesopotamia the Akkadian <em>Namtar<\/em> appears as personified doom; in the Hebrew tradition the Book of Proverbs (<em>Mishlei<\/em>) knows the hardening of the heart as divine punishment (cf. the hardening of Pharaoh, Ex 7-14).<\/p><p>In the Roman adaptation, <em>Discordia<\/em> appears as a sister concept to the personifications near the Erinyes; <em>Furor<\/em> in Virgil (<em>Aeneid<\/em> I, 294) dramatises a comparable blind driving force. In the Indian sphere of thought, <em>Moha<\/em> (delusion, confusion), as one of the three root evils of Buddhism, corresponds to this complex.<\/p><p>Ate, however, is not merely a personification but an acting power; her expulsion by Zeus (Hom. Il. XIX, 91-133) marks a mythical rupture between the divine sphere and human error.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aversion in Everyday Life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rituals and Aversion<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">Antiquity<\/span>: primarily philosophical and literary. The Stoics recommended self-control and insight. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred place dedicated to the veneration of a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">Sanctuaries<\/span> of Metis carried out rituals for divine insight. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express thanks, request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">Sacrifices<\/span> to Zeus and Themis were regarded as protection against family curses.<\/p><p><strong>Conjurations and Invocations<\/strong><\/p><p>Few direct conjurations, since Ate was no independent <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being worshipped as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>. In tragedy: prayers to Athena or Metis. Stoic philosophers taught an inner <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A linguistic ritual meant to summon or bind a power.\" tabindex=\"0\">conjuration<\/span> through reason and virtue.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object to which a protective, misfortune-averting effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Amulets<\/span> and Protective Symbols<\/strong><\/p><p>An owl <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object to which a protective, harm-averting effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">amulet<\/span> (the Athena <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>) was regarded as protection against delusion. The l\u00eathon stone was meant to help cast off past Ate. Roman households: protection against misjudgement within the family (Minerva amulets).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ate, Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gods and daimons of ruin and delusion exist everywhere: the Erinyes (Greece, vengeance), Hecate (confusion and crossroads), Lilith (Hebrew, seduction into error). Ate&#8217;s function resembles the Sanskrit concepts of <em>avidya<\/em> (ignorance) or <em>maya<\/em> (illusion).<\/p><p>She shares with Eris (strife) and Nemesis (retribution) the role of guardian of cosmic balance, not to punish but to chastise hubris. Ate&#8217;s difference from other forces of ruin lies in her subtlety: she darkens the mind, not the mind itself.<\/p><div><p><strong>Ate and Cosmic Justice in Euripides and Later Authors<\/strong><\/p><p>Euripides uses Ate as a concept to deepen the irony of human tragedy. In <em>The Bacchae<\/em>, for instance, Pentheus is driven to his ruin by Ate as blindness toward the truth of Dionysus. This is not the punishment of an external god but the result of his own inability to see.<\/p><p>Plato and the later philosophers integrated Ate into theoretical ethics: she is the absence of <em>phronesis<\/em> (practical wisdom), the incomplete understanding that poisons decisions.<\/p><p>In this reading Ate becomes an inner psychological state rather than a goddess, a concept carried forward by modern psychology. Mythologically she remains a power to be taken seriously; theologically a description of human susceptibility to error.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp328a356 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp328a356\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp21dbe71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp21dbe71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ate in Homer and the Fall from Olympus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7b80bb5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp7b80bb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpff2e3a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpff2e3a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The earliest detailed depiction of Ate is found in the <em>Iliad<\/em>. There she appears not merely as an abstract term for delusion but as an acting figure.<\/p><p>In the nineteenth book, Agamemnon, in order to explain his quarrel with Achilles, tells a story in which Ate is responsible for his delusion. He says it was not he who was to blame, but Zeus, fate and Ate who walks in darkness and confused his mind.<\/p><p>Famous in this context is the episode of Ate&#8217;s own fall. Homer relates that Zeus himself was once deceived by Ate, concerning the birth of Heracles, and that he thereupon seized her by the hair in anger and hurled her down from Olympus among men, swearing that she might never return to the heavens.<\/p><p>Since then, the text says, Ate walks upon the heads of men and works ruin among mortals.<\/p><p>This narrative is significant for the history of religion because it describes delusion as a power that could overcome even Zeus, but that is now permanently banished into the world of men. Ate is no longer a power of Olympus but an earthly plague.<\/p><p>Homer portrays Ate as delicate-footed, for she does not touch the ground but strides over the heads of men and brings them harm.<\/p><p>In the <em>Iliad<\/em> she is contrasted with the <em>Litai<\/em>, the prayers or pleas of repentance, which limp lamely and wrinkled behind her and try to make good the harm Ate has caused.<\/p><p>This image links delusion with the question of guilt, repentance and atonement, and makes Ate one of the most striking allegorical figures of the Homeric epic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp148fd64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp148fd64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd5ff433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpd5ff433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ate in Hesiod's Lineage of Harmful Powers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa1df825 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpa1df825\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp536bd53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp536bd53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A different classification of Ate is offered by Hesiod&#8217;s <em>Theogony<\/em>, the great work on the origin of the gods and the order of the world. Hesiod places Ate within a genealogy that makes clear to which sphere he assigns her. There Ate appears as a child of Eris, the goddess of strife and discord.<\/p><p>This descent is programmatic. According to Hesiod, Eris brings forth a whole series of dark powers, among them toil, forgetfulness, hunger, pains, battles, murders, quarrels, false words and finally Ate, delusion, as well as the Oath that punishes the perjured.<\/p><p>Ate thus stands within a family that covers the entire field of social ruin, from discord through lies to violence.<\/p><p>By making Ate the daughter of Eris, Hesiod gives an interpretation of her nature. Delusion is therefore no chance mishap but springs from strife. Where discord rules, there delusion grows, and from delusion follow further evils. This genealogy is Hesiod&#8217;s method of translating abstract connections into relationships of kinship.<\/p><p>It is noteworthy that Homer and Hesiod locate Ate differently: Homer binds her to Zeus and Olympus and tells of her fall, while Hesiod places her in the lineage of the plagues produced by Eris. The two depictions do not fundamentally contradict each other; they illuminate different aspects.<\/p><p>Delusion is a power that once stood close to the gods, yet by its nature belongs to the realm of strife and human self-destruction. This duality shaped the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> understanding of Ate well into later literature.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp8177c43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp8177c43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp1fe23eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp1fe23eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Delusion, Guilt and Punishment in Attic Tragedy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5a0c8fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp5a0c8fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp22ec60b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp22ec60b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Attic tragedy of the fifth century before our era, Ate becomes a central interpretive concept for the downfall of people and houses. In Aeschylus in particular, the idea of delusion runs through his entire work.<\/p><p>In the <em>Oresteia<\/em> and in the Theban plays, Ate appears as a power that is passed down from generation to generation and drags whole lineages into the abyss.<\/p><p>Characteristic of the tragic understanding is the close connection of Ate with two further terms, <em>hubris<\/em>, immoderate arrogance, and <em>nemesis<\/em> or <em>tisis<\/em>, the balancing punishment.<\/p><p>Tragedy often traces a chain at whose beginning stands prosperity, which leads to satiety; satiety gives birth to arrogance, arrogance draws delusion after it, and delusion leads to the fateful deed and thus to ruin. In this scheme Ate is the link that translates the inner state of a person into outward doom.<\/p><p>Important here is the problem of guilt. Delusion comes from outside, often described as sent by a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being worshipped as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>, and yet the deluded person acts and bears the consequences. Tragedy deliberately sustains this tension: the human being is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express thanks, request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">victim<\/span> and perpetrator at once. Ate is the concept on which this twofold view is fixed.<\/p><p>In Sophocles and Euripides too, delusion remains a key <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span>, for instance where a hero ignores the warning signs and rushes into his ruin.<\/p><p>Tragedy has thus made the Homeric figure into a profound concept of human existence, one that is still examined in detail by <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The era of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BCE to 600 CE.\" tabindex=\"0\">classical<\/span> philologists and scholars of religion, for example in the studies on the Greek understanding of guilt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further Links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/hypnos\/\">Hypnos, Bringer of Forgetfulness<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/erinyes\/\">The Erinyes, Avengers of Ate&#8217;s Consequences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/nyx\/\">Nyx, Goddess of Night, in Whose Darkness Ate Works<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Literature (Selection)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Burkert, Walter: Griechische Religion. Kohlhammer, 1977<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Bremmer, Jan N.: Greek Religion. Brill, 1994<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Dodds, E.R.: The Greeks and the Irrational. UC Press, 1951<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Graf, Fritz: Greek Mythology. Johns Hopkins, 1993<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Pauly, Wilhelm: Der kleine Pauly. Dtv, 1979<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ate, Goddess of the Greek Tradition Goddess of delusion, ruin and fatal decisions. Ate is a dark force in Greek mythology, not evil but ruinous. She sends madness and misjudgement into the hearts of heroes and kings. Her steps are quiet, her influence treacherous. 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