APPLE OF DISCORD

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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