apple of discord


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Pronunciation: / ˈap(ə)l ɒv;(ə)v ˈdɪskɔːd /

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apple of discord apples of discord
  1. prince of Troy goddess of discord--who had not been invited classical mythology a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris ; the apple had 'for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
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