Unfathered
daughter of
Nyx, born along with
Philotes (
friendship), and
Geras (
old age), Apate is the female personification of
deceit.
Apate was also one of the
spirits contained in
Pandora's Box, loosed on the world by human
curiosity.
"Also deadly Nyx bare
Nemesis... and after her, Apate and
Philotes and hateful
Geras." -
Theogony 224
Apate's siblings are:
Cer,
Thanatos,
Hypnos,
Oneiros,
Moros,
Nemesis,
Oizys,
Momus,
Philotes,
Geras,
Eris, as well as the three
Fates:
Clotho,
Laechisis,
Atropos.
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