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APPLE OF DISCORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had 'for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("apple of discord" is a kind of...):
prize; trophy (something given as a token of victory)
Domain category:
classical mythology (the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks)
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