Is "ate" a word meaning "blindness?"
It is pronounced "ah-tay" and I was sure that I learned it a decade ago in school.
Yes, I am aware that "ate" is the past-tense form of "eat."
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Here is a bit from the Illiad:
"It is a god who brought all this about.
Zeus' eldest daughter, Ate, blinds all men
with her destructive power. Her feet are soft,
for she walks, not on the ground, but on men's heads,
and she brings folly onto humankind,
seducing them at random. Even Zeus,
who they say is the greatest of the gods
and men, was blinded by her, when Hera,
a mere female, with her cunning tactics, 120
deceived him that very day Alcmene
was to give birth to mighty Hercules,
in Thebes, city with the splendid walls."
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M$I believe "ate" in original Greek, as I learned in a Classics course years ago, is the result of a form of fatal hubris. Extreme hubris (to the point of being delusional) leads a given character to blind folly (ate) leading to his demise. I believe you can be in a state of "ate," though I'm not entirely certain. Ate is also a goddess, presumably a personification of folly.
So yes, I suppose blindness would be one way of describing it, though I don't think we have a word in English that encompasses the aspect of excessive-pride-leading-to-ruin concept.
I hope that helps!
Niki
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