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|Definition=ἡ, Dor. [[ἄτα]], Aeol. [[αὐάτα]] ( ἀ<b class="b3">ϝ-</b>), v. infr.:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bewilderment]], [[infatuation]], caused by [[blindness]] or [[delusion]] sent by the gods, mostly as the punishment of [[guilty]] [[rashness]], τὸν δ' ἄτη φρένας εἷλε <span class="bibl">Il.16.805</span>; Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἦ ῥά τιν' ἤδη . . βασιλήων τῇδ' ἄτῃ ἄασας <span class="bibl">8.237</span>; Ζεὺς καὶ Μοῖρα καὶ . . Ἐρινὺς . . φρεσὶν ἔμβαλον ἄγριον ἄτην <span class="bibl">19.88</span> (so <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ ἀασάμην καί μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">137</span>); <b class="b3">ἄτην δὲ μετέστενον ἣν Ἀφροδίτη δῶχ' ὅτε μ' ἤγαγε κεῖσε</b>, says Helen, <span class="bibl">Od.4.261</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[Ἄτη]] personified, the [[goddess]] of [[mischief]], author of [[rash actions]], πρέσβα Διὸς θυγάτηρ, Ἄτη, ἣ πάντας ἀᾶται <span class="bibl">Il.19.91</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.504</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>230</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>195d</span>; Ἄτης ἂν λειμῶνα <span class="bibl">Emp.121.4</span>; coupled with [[Ἐρινύς]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1433</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of the consequences of such visitations, either, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> Act., [[reckless]] [[guilt]] or [[sin]], Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕνεκ' ἄτης <span class="bibl">Il.6.356</span>: in plural, [[deceptions]], <span class="bibl">10.391</span>: or, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[bane]], [[ruin]], <span class="bibl">24.480</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; [[proverb|prov.]] [[ἐγγύα, πάρα δ' ἄτα]] = a [[pledge]], and thereupon [[perdition]], in Thales ap.Stob.3.1.172: <b class="b3">τὸ πῆμα τῆς ἄτης</b> the [[anguish]] of the [[doom]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>363</span> (lyr.); ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσ' ἐκάρπωσε σταχὺν ἄτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>822</span>; Πειθὼ προβουλόπαις . . ἄτης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>386</span> (lyr.): pl., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>653</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1037</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>848</span>, etc.; [[strokes of fate]], ἀνδρείη τὰς ἄτας μικρὰς ἔρδει <span class="bibl">Democr.213</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Trag., of persons, [[bane]], [[pest]], δίκην ἄτης λαθραίου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1230</span>; δύ' ἄτα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>533</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[ill-fated person]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1268</span> codd.—Not in Comedy (unless read for [[αὐτῆς]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>605</span>) nor in Att. Prose (exc. as pr.n.and in quotations of ἐγγύα, πάρα δ' ἄτα Cratin. Jun.<span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>165a</span>), but found in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">VV</span>1251b20</span>; κῆρας καὶ ἄτας <span class="bibl">D.H.8.61</span>; <b class="b3">τοιαύτας κακὰς ἄτας</b> such [[abomination]]s, of certain Epicurean expressions, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[fine]], [[penalty]], or [[sum lost]] in a lawsuit, <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>11.34, al. (From [[ἀάω]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]: orig. [[ἀϝάτη]], Aeol. αὐάτα Alc. <span class="title">Supp.</span>23.12, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.28</span>, <span class="bibl">3.24</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>123.) [ᾰᾰτη<b class="b3">, ᾱτη; ᾰτη</b> is dub. in <span class="bibl">Archil.73</span>.]</span>