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Atë was the personification of ruin, folly and delusion. She was the daughter of Zeus (with never a mother mentioned - because she was a personification, she probably predates the Olympians).

At Hera's insitgation, Atë made Zeus vow that the next mortal born on Earth would be born to be a great ruler of men. Once the vow was made, Hera, goddess of childbirth, delayed the birth of Zeus' son Heracles and sped up the delivery of her own offspring, Eurystheus. In his anger, Zeus kicked Atë off of Olympus. According to tradition, she fell to earth on a mountain in Phrygia that now bears her name. It was on that same mount that Ilus, following the cow, founded the city of Ilios, which was also known as Troy.

It was believed that rather than walk on the earth with mortals, instead Atë walked on the heads of men, causing misfortune. She is followed closely by the Litae (prayers) who mend the wounds she causes.

According to Hesiod, she was the mother of Eris (Discord) by parthenogenesis (which supports her as a primordial deity, since they often procreated in this fashion).

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