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In Greek mythology, Ate was the daughter of Zeus and Eris, the personification of infatuation, discord, mischief and blind impulsiveness. She once got the better of Zeus and he threw her down from Mt. Olympus. She then wandered the earth wrecking havock on mortals. Behind her trailed her sisters, the Litae, who fixed what she broke.



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