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Meaning of APPLE OF DISCORD
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Definition:
[n] (
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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