Of the goddesses born of Zeus, Ate was perhaps the most spurned.
Ate – Goddess of confusion and illusion
In Greek mythology, Ate is the goddess of confusion, illusion, and unrealistic dreams.
Ate made Zeus extremely confused
Because Ate represents confusion, her ability affects even the supreme god like Zeus.
The story goes that when Herakles was about to be born, Zeus was very happy because he would be the hero who would help Mount Olympus win the fight with the Gigantes.
At that time, Zeus calculated that the hero Perseus only had two upcoming descendants, Herakles and Eurystheus, but Eurystheus was not yet full term so he could not be born right away.
So Hera sweetly tricked Zeus into swearing on the River Styx that the first child of Perseus’s lineage to be born would be king of Greece. Then, she and her daughter immediately went to Eurytheus and his mother to help the boy be born.
Ate and the Battle of Troy
After descending to earth, Ate fell down a hill and brought further confusion to the people.