Atë
... In Spencer's The Faerie Queene, a fiend from Hell disguised as a beautiful woman is called Ate ... This is a possible parallel to the fallen angels ...Famous quotes containing the word ate:
“Baltimore lay very near the immense protein factory of Chesapeake Bay, and out of the bay it ate divinely. I well recall the time when prime hard crabs of the channel species, blue in color, at least eight inches in length along the shell, and with snow-white meat almost as firm as soap, were hawked in Hollins Street of Summer mornings at ten cents a dozen.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“my Uncle Sol’s farm
failed because the chickens
ate the vegetables so
my Uncle Sol had a
chicken farm till the
skunks ate the chickens when”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“Jesus passed among the people
in a chef’s hat
and they kissed His spoons and forks
and ate well from invisible dishes.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)