Apate (deity)

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Other deities
Personified concepts
Achlys Alala Algos Amphilogiai Androktasiai Apate Atë Bia Charites Dysnomia Epiales Eris Eros Harmonia Homados Horae Horkos Hypnos Hysminai Kratos Kydoimos Lampetia Limos Makhai Metis Mnemosyne Moirai Oneiroi Palioxis Polemos Proioxis Neikea Nemesis Nike Pandia Phaethusa Phonoi Ponos Pseudologoi Thanatos Themis Zelos

In the religion of Ancient Greece, Apate was the personification of deceit. Her mother was Nyx, the personification of night.^[1]^[2] Her Roman equivalent was Fraus (i.e. "fraud").

Her siblings were Geras, the personification of old age; Oizys, the personification of suffering; Moros, the personification of doom; Momos, the personification of blame; Eris, the personification of strife; Nemesis, the personification of retribution; and Keres, the personification of carnage and violent death.

References

↑ Auset, Brandi (2009). The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738715513.
↑ Leach, Marjorie (1991). Guide to the Gods. Greenwood. p. 643.

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