Apate was the daughter of Nyx in Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

. She was the personification of deceit, and was one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box

Pandora's box

Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation around line 60 of Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora , which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, all its contents except for one item...

. Her Roman

Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...

 equivalent was Fraus

Fraus

In Roman mythology, Fraus was the goddess of treachery. A helper of Mercury, the word "fraud" has its origin in her name. Her Greek equivalent was Apate.In Celtic Mythology, Fraus was a very offensive curse word used to describe whores and prostitutes....

, which is where the word 'fraud' originated. Her siblings were Geras

Geras

In Greek mythology, Geras was the god of old age. It was considered a virtue whereby the more gēras a man acquired, the more kleos and arete he was considered to have. According to Hesiod, Gēras was a son of Nyx. Hyginus adds that his father was Erebus. He was depicted as a tiny shriveled-up old...

, the personification of old age, Oizys

Oizys

In Greek mythology, Oizys is the goddess of Misery. She is the daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night and the twin of the god Momos. Her Latin name is Miseria, from which the English word 'misery' is derived....

, the personification of suffering, Moros

Moros

In Greek mythology, Moros is the personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. He is one of the offspring of Nyx , who had conceived him without male intervention, and brother of the Moirae ....

, the personification of doom, Momos

Momus

Momus or Momos was in Greek mythology the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets; a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name is related to , meaning 'blame' or 'censure'. He is depicted in classical art as lifting a mask from his face.-In classical literature:Hesiod...

, the personification of blame, Eris

Eris (mythology)

Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and discord, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona...

, the personification of strife, Nemesis

Nemesis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris . The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge...

, the personification of retribution, and Keres, the personification of carnage and violent death. Her mother, Nyx

Nyx

In Greek mythology, Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation, and was the mother of personified gods such as Hypnos and Thánatos...

 is the personification of night, and her father, Erebos, the personification of darkness. Her counterpart, Dolos (The Latin spelling is Dolus), was the god of trickery and was one of the spirits released from Pandora's Box as well. The parents of Dolos are either Aither and Gaia, or Erebos and Nyx.