Goddess of folly and moral blindness. She was merely a personification of folly. Ate (Ἄτη) was the daughter of Eris (Strife). Agamemnon blamed Ate for his quarrel with Achilles. Zeus threw her out of heaven (Olympus) for aiding Hera so that Eurystheus would be the future king of Mycenae, instead of his own son Heracles.
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Goddess of discord and strife. Eris was daughter of Zeus and Hera, or else she was daughter of Nyx. She was often called the sister of Ares, the Greek god of war. She was known to the Romans as Discordia. Eris was mother of Ate (god of discord and...
Aergia was the infamous goddess of idleness and laziness in Greek and Roman mythology. This goddess is also famous in many other mythologies which is why each famous mythology will surely have a god or a goddess who is similar to her. In Greek myt...
Necessity. Adrasteia existed with Chronus (Time) at the beginning, before the world was created. Another name for the personification of "Fate" or "Necessity" is Ananke. Like Chronus, Adrasteia was portrayed as giant serpent or dragon, but as a fe...
Goddess of wisdom and prudence. Metis was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Metis became the first wife of Zeus. Zeus persuaded the goddess to give Cronus an emetic, causing Cronus to vomit up Zeus' brothers and sisters. When Zeus imprisoned his...
A-TA-NA PO-TI-NI-JA or Atana Potnia was the name listed on the Linear B tablets found in Knossos, Crete. Her name doesn't appear anywhere on the tablets from Pylos. Atana Potnia was probably The Mother Goddess. Atana Potnia was known as the Idaean...
Hemera, the goddess of day. With her brother Aether ("Upper Air"), they were the offspring of Erebus ("Darkness") and Nyx ("Night"). Apart from the story of the creation, no other myths were associated with Hemera.
Ataecina was the chthonic goddess of the Underworld, and was identified with the Roman goddess Proserpina (Greek Persephone). She was only known from inscriptions in the Tagus region and in the Baetis (Guadalquivir) valley.
Goddess of childbirth. Eileithyia was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Eileithyia was the sister of Ares and Hebe, and possibly of Eris. Eileithyia was the patroness of midwives. Eileithyia played her parts under the shadow of her mother (Hera). Whe...
The upper air or sky. Aether was the personification of the upper sky. With his sister Hemera (Day), they were the offspring of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night). Aether was probably the father of Uranus by Gaea. See Creation, Theogony of Hesiod. ...
Aetolus' reign in Elis was also short. Aetolus (Αἰτωλός) participated in the funeral games of Azan. In a chariot race, Aetolus accidentally ran over and trampled Apis, possibly the king of Argos. Either Aetolus fled from Elis, or he was banished f...