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Discordia
Eris (; grc-gre, :wikt:Ἔρις, Ἔρις ', "Strife") is the ancient Greek religion, Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same. Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia (mythology), Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia (mythology), Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona (goddess), Bellona. The dwarf planet Eris (dwarf planet), Eris is named after the goddess. She had no temples in ancient Greece and functions essentially as a personification, as which she appears in Homer and many later works. Etymology ''Eris'' is of uncertain etymology; connections with the verb , 'to raise, stir, excite', and the proper name have been suggested. Robert S. P. Beekes, R. S. P. Beekes rejects these derivations and suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Characteristics in Greek mythology In Hesiod's ''Works and Days'' 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris are distinguished: So, after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Of Discord
An apple of discord is the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute. It is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord ( grc, ) in the story of the ''Judgement of Paris'' which, according to Greek mythology, was what the goddess Eris (, "Strife") tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis as a prize of beauty, thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War. Derivative uses Because of this, the Roman goddess corresponding to the Greek Eris was named "Discordia". Also, in German and in Dutch, the words are used a lot more often colloquially than in English, though in German the colloquial form is not ' ( "Apple of Discord") but ' ( "Quarrel-apple") and rarely '; the Dutch is ' ( "strife-apple"). In the Eixample district of Barcelona, there is a block nicknamed in Spanish ' ( ca, Illa de la Discòrdia). The reason for this u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |