apple of discord
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition (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