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ERIS , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, a See also:sister of the See also:war-See also:god See also:Ares (See also:Homer, Iliad, iv . 440), and in the Hesiodic theogony (225) a daughter of See also:Night . In the later legends of the Trojan War, Eris, not having been invited to the See also:marriage festival of See also:Peleus and See also:Thetis, flings a See also:golden See also:apple (the " apple of discord " ) among the guests, to be given to the most beautiful . The claims of the three deities See also:Hera, See also:Aphrodite and See also:Athena are decided by See also:Paris in favour of Aphrodite, who as a See also:reward assists him to gain See also:possession of See also:Helen (See also:Hyginus, Fab . 92; See also:Lucian, See also:Charidemus, 17) . See also:Hesiod also mentions (W. and D . 24) a beneficent Eris, the personification See also:ERITREA 745 of See also:honourable rivalry . In See also:Virgil (Aeneid, viii . 702) and other See also:Roman poets Eris is represented by Discordia . |
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