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APPLE OF DISCORD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does apple of discord mean?

• APPLE OF DISCORD (noun)
The noun APPLE OF DISCORD has 1 sense:

1. (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

Familiarity information: APPLE OF DISCORD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• APPLE OF DISCORD (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

Classified under:

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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