Editing Ate (mythology) (section)

==Mythology==
Beyond being a mere personification, Ate has little actual identity.<ref>Gantz, p. 10.</ref> In the ''Iliad'', [[Agamemnon]], the leader of Greek expedition against Troy, tells the story of Ate's deception of Zeus, and her subsequent banishment from Olympus, an etiological myth supposedly explaining how Ate entered the world of men.<ref>Coray, pp. 50&ndash;51 on 86b&ndash;138, 57 on 94, 72 on 128&ndash;130; Padel, [https://archive.org/details/whomgodsdestroye0000ruth/page/182/mode/2up p. 182]; Davies, p. 2.</ref> As told by Agamemnon, Hera tricked Zeus into swearing an oath that resulted in Zeus' son Heracles losing the birthright Zeus had intended for him. Zeus blamed Ate for clouding his mind causing him not to see Hera's deception. In great anger Zeus grabbed Ate by the hair and flung her from [[Mount Olympus]], and thereby Ate came to inhabit the "fields of men".<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA31 p. 31];  [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D19%3Acard%3D74 19.95&ndash;133]. It is unknown to what extent this story was part of the existing mythology of Heracles, or was an ''ad hoc'' Homeric invention, see Coray, p. 59 on 95&ndash;133.</ref> According to the mythographer  [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], when Ate was thrown down by Zeus, Ate landed in [[Phrygia]] at a place called "the hill of the Phrygian Ate", where the city of [[Troy]] was founded.<ref>Grimal, s.v. Ate; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.12.3 3.12.3]. Compare [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] on Lycophron [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/319/mode/2up?view=theater 29]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=MMZiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA330 s.v. Ἲλιον].</ref> The [[Hellenistic]] poet [[Lycophron]], in his ''Alexandra'', also mentions the place calling it "the high Hill of Doom [Ate]".<ref>[[Lycophron]], ''Alexandra'' [https://archive.org/details/callimachuslycop00calluoft/page/496/mode/2up?view=theater 29].</ref>