Apate
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Apate was an Arabian town of Sibi mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Contents
Variants
- Apate (/ˈæpətiː/;Ancient Greek: Απάτη Apátē)
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Apte = Apate (Pliny.vi.32)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Arabia.....Next to these are the Chaculatæ; then the town of Sibi, by the Greeks called Apate42; the Arsi, the Codani, the Vadei, who dwell in a large town, the Barasasæi, the Lechieni, and the island of Sygaros43, into the interior of which no dogs are admitted, and so being exposed on the sea shore, they wander about there and are left to die.
42 A name which looks very much like "fraud," or "cheating," as Hardouin observes, from the Greek ἀπάτη.
43 Off the Promontory of Ras-el-Had.
History
Apate goddess in Greek mythology
Apate (/ˈæpətiː/;Ancient Greek: Απάτη Apátē) is the goddess and personification of deceit in Greek mythology. Her mother is Nyx, the personification of the night.[3][4] In Roman mythology her equivalent is Fraus (i.e. "fraud"), while her male counterpart is Dolos, a minor god of trickery, and her opposite number Aletheia, the goddess of truth.
References
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32
- ↑ Auset, Brandi (2009). The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 9780738715513.
- ↑ Leach, Marjorie (1991). Guide to the Gods. Greenwood. p. 643.