apple of discord

Noun
  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 (synset 102732289)
    referred to in: classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
    is a type of: prize, trophy - something given as a token of victory

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