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