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Eris

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares.





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"Eris" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Greek princes whose help in the Trojan War was obtained only by an ingenious trick. This was the famous A-chilʹles. He was the son of Peleus and Thetis, at whose marriage feast Eris threw the apple of discord on the table. The prophecy that Thetis would have a son greater than his father was fulfilled in Achilles, the bravest of the Greeks at the Trojan War, and the ...
— The Story of Troy • Michael Clarke


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