Name: Ate (Greek Spelling- Ἄτη)

Other Names: Different Spellings- Aite, Até

Goddess Equivalents from other Mythologies: Nefas or Error (Roman)

Titles: Goddess and Personification of mischief, delusion, ruin, blind folly, rash action and reckless

Associated Animals: None/Unknown

Associated Symbols: None/Unknown

Sacred Plants: Unknown/None

Abode/Resistance: Mount Olympus (Formerly) The Underworld

Group: The Family of Eris

Astrological Symbol: None/Unknown

Planet: Unknown/None

Sacred Day: None/Unknown

(Personal Info)

Parents: Eris (According to Hesiod), Zeus (According to Homer)

Siblings: Ponos, Limos, Lethe, Algos, Machai, Phonoi, Androktasiai, Neikea, Hysminai, Pseudea, Logoi, Dysnomia, Amphillogiai, Horkos as being a child of Eris, Litae as being a child of Zeus

Children/Offspring: Peitho (Goddess and Personification of Persuasion)

Consort: None/Unknown

God/Goddess Counterpart: Litae (Goddess and Personifications of Prayers)
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"Ate is the Goddess and Personification of mischief, delusion, ruin, blind folly, rash action and reckless, she is an Evil Goddess who impulses men down the path of ruin, she didn't just lead mortals down this path but Gods too making them do rash, inconsiderate actions and suffering."

"She seems to be a Child of Eris the Goddess of Discord which fits perfectly to her titles of ruin which is her main title as a Goddess, however Homer labels her as one of Zeus's Children."

"In each version she either does not have a mother but father or no father but a mother to which version of her you want to believe and follow."

(The Description of Ate)

"Ate appears in the Iliad, where she is described by King Agamemnon of Mycenae as a "that blinded all-a power fraught with bane; delicate are her feet, for it is not upon the ground that she faith, but she walketh over the heads of men, bringing men to harm, and this one or that she ensnared."
"This definitely can describe a bit of her powers and her influence on people."

(Ate's Family Relations)

"Ate has been said to be a daughter of Eris the Goddess of Discord, but Homer says Ate is the eldest daughter of Zeus; king of the gods and the Thunder God, her mother is never mentioned."
"But it's Hespoid who according to The Theogony is that Ate is the Daughter of Eris and like Homer with no mother mentioned, Ate in The Theogony has no father mentioned."

"The Theogony describes Ate's Family tree as so;

"And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos (Hardship),
Lethe (Forgetfulness) and Limos (Starvation) and the tearful Algea (Pains),
Hysminai (Battles), Makhai (Wars), Phonoi (Murders), and Androktasiai (Manslaughters);
Neikea (Quarrels), Pseudea (Lies), Logoi (Stories), Amphillogiai (Disputes)
Dysnomia (Anarchy) and Ate (Ruin), near one another,
and Horkos (Oath), who most afflicts men on earth,
Then willingly swears a false oath."

"Of all the offspring of Eris explained in this they are personified abstractions and only Ate is the one with an actual identity."
In Aeschylus's tragedy; Agamemnon, a Chorus calls Peitho the goddess and Personification of Persuasion who we know as a company of Aphrodite is said to be "the unendurable child of scheming Ruin" as she is the child of Ate."

(Ate in Myth)

Ate's Banishment- One of the myths associated with Ate is about her Banishment which appears in the Iliad."

"In the lilad, it's said Ate was thrown out of Olympus and never allowed to return, the reason behind it seems to be that Zeus had held Ate in blame by blinding him to Hera's Trickery....(since she's the Goddess and Personification of blind folly being one of her many titles)."
This was as a result of his loss of birthright, he had intended for Heracles to be Lord of the Argives (now modern day; Argos, Peloponnese)."

"Zeus enraged as Punishment is described as Doing; "seized Ate by her bright-tressed head, wroth in his soul, and sware a mighty oath that never again unto Olympus and the starry heaven should Ate come, she that blinded all. So said he, and whirling her in his hand flung her from the starry heaven, and quickly she came to the tilled fields of men. At the thought of her would he ever groan, when so he beheld his dear son in unseemly travail beneath Eurystheus' tasks."

"The mythographer Pseudo-Apollodorus says when Ate was thrown out of Olympus by Zeus, she had landed in Phrygia at a place called "the hill of the Phrygian Ate" where the city of Troy would soon be founded."

Ate in other Stories- This is not the only story that Ate appears obviously here, there seems to be two or three known ones and rest has probably and definitely been lost to time.

"In Argonautica a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC, Ate is mentioned by Hera, it's mentioned as so that Hera says "even the gods are sometimes visited by Ate."
(Pointing out how Ate cannot only manipulate mortals with her mischief, delusion, ruin, blind folly, rash action and recklessness but gods as well)."

"Nonnus has Ate appears in his Epic poem; Dionysiaca, in this Ate in order that she can gratify Hera, she persuades a boy named Ampelos, who Dionysus the God of wine Passionately loves, it seems at Ate gets Ampelos impress Dionysus by riding a bull, but Ampelos ultimately falls off and brakes his neck."

"Among the tragic writers of the ancient greek world, Ate is seen in a different light unlike other myths where she is bad and in all that stuff, Ate is shown to avenge evil deeds and inflict punishment upon offenders and the future generations of their families."

"Her character in these stories by tragic writers has her act like Nemesis Goddess of retribution and Erinyes punishing those who have done Wrong-doing."

"Ate has more prominent roles in the dramas by Aeschylus, at least in those with Euripides another Greek tragedian, as Ate with the Idea of Dike the Goddess of Justice, here Ate is more developed."
And from a fragment by Empedocles who is a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, he refers to Ate as "Meadow of Ate" which shows her tights to the Mortal world possibly."

(Classics and Pop Culture of Ate)

"Now let's talk about Ate in Classics and Pop Culture, starting with the Classics."

"Shakespeare has Ate in his play of Julius Caesar, here he introduces Ate as an invocation of vengeance and menace, when Mark Anthony is mourning over Caesar's Death it goes as follows;

"And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side coming hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war" - Act 3, Scene 1.

"Shakespeare also mentions Ate in his Comedy play; Much Ado About Nothing, when the character; Benedick refers to Beatrice by the following;
"Come, talk not of her. You shall find her the
infernal Ate in good apparel." - Act 2, Scene 1.

"In Shakespeare's play King John, he refers to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine as "An Ate stirring him [John] to blood and strife".
She also shows up in Love's Labour's Lost, where the character; Birone says "Pompey is moved. More Ates, more Ates! stir them on, stir them on!".

"By this you can see how Ate is mentioned a lot by Shakespeare and his works, (rather you believe if he actually wrote them or not)."

"But Ate is mentioned in an epic poem by Edmund Spenser; his Poem the The Faerie Queene, in the Poem there is a fiend from Hell who disguises themselves as a beautiful woman called Ate this seems to be parallel to Fallen Angels."

And for Pop Culture; Ate shows up in the Saint Seiya Series; Saint Seiya: Sainta Sho, she has a big role in the Manga and Anime of the Spin-off, as being one of the Dryades appearing to be the Leader, and is called "Ruin Atë". A positive reference to Ate in myth although it's not really known if this actually Ate of myth or just an evil wicked woman in Eris's group in the story that shares the name."