Ate

Pantheon: Greek
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Alternate Names/Spellings: Eris
Gender: Female

Ate is the goddess of discord, evil, infatuation, mischief, and strife. She is a daughter of Zeus. According to Hesiod she was the daughter of Eris; according to later authors Eris is another name for Ate. It was she who rolled the Golden Apple amongst the goddesses at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, setting motion events that would eventually lead to the Trojan War.

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