Ate
Daughter of Jupiter, and goddess of all evil. She raised such discord among the gods that Jupiter banished her from heaven, and sent her to dwell on earth, where she incited mankind to evil thoughts and actions.
Athena or Athene. See Minerva.
Athenae (Athens). The capital of Attica, about four miles from the sea, between the small rivers Cephissus on the west and Ilissus on the • east, the latter of which flowed through the town. The most ancient part of it, the Acropolis, is said to have been built by the mythical Cecrops, but the city itself is said to have owed its origin to Theseus, who united the twelve independent states or townships of Attica into one state, and made Athens its capital. The city was burned by Xerxes in B. c. 480, but was soon rebuilt under the administration of Themistocles, and was adorned with public buildings by Cimon, and especially by Pericles, in whose time, в. c. 460-429, it reached its greatest splendor.