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Hermes; he was always playing tricks. He stole Apollo's cattle. He was able to make people invisible.
Apate was the spirit (daimona) of deceit, guile, fraud and deception. Her male counterpart was Dolos the daimon of trickery and wiles. She was also a companion of the Pseudologoi (Lies). Her opposite number was Aletheia the spirit of truth.
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