Atë
Ἄτη
The goddess who makes sensible people do senseless things.
Even Zeus fell under her spell and walked into Hera's scheme — and in his fury he hurled her from Olympus.
Since then, Atë walks upon the heads of mortals — her feet so soft, Homer writes, that no one feels her coming.
In Greek tragedy, she is the link between hubris and ruin.
SourcesHomer, Iliad