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Eris, a Greek word meaning 'Strife' and also a goddess personifying that quality, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her opposite is Concordia.
In Hesiod's Work and Days 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris 'Strife' are distinguished:
In Hesiod's Theogony (226–232) Strife the daughter of Night is less kindly spoken of as she brings forth other personifications as her children:
The other Strife is presumably she who appears in Homer's Iliad Book 4 as sister of Ares and so presumably daughter of Zeus and Hera:
Zeus sends her to rouse the Achaeans in Book 11 of the same work.
The most famous tale of Eris ('Strife') recounts her initiating the Trojan WarThe Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. The war figures centrally in Greek mythology and was narrated. The goddesses Hera, AthenaThis article is about the goddess Athena. For other uses see Athena (disambiguation). Aegina Athena ( Phoenician Onga also transliterated as Athene the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and war associated by the Romans with their Etruscan goddess Minerva and AphroditeAphrodite (φροδτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Worship The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia ( Virgil had been invited along with the rest of OlympusOlympus can refer to: Home of the gods in Greek mythology: see Mount Olympus Japanese optics company: see Olympus company An extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the solar system: see Olympus Mons Loose confederation of individuals in to the forced wedding of PeleusIn Greek mythology, Peleus ( Greek: ) was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina. Peleus and Telamon, his brother, killed their half-brother, Phocus and fled Aegina to escape punishment. In Phthia, Peleus was purified by Eurytion and married Antigone, Eurytion and ThetisThis article is about the Greek nymph. There is also an asteroid 17 Thetis. Thetis should not be confused with Themis, the embodiment of the laws of nature. In Greek mythology, silver-footed Thetis is a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of "t, who would become the parents of AchillesFor other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Achilles grandson of Aeacus (Αχιλλευς Αιακιδης, Akhilleus Aiakides, also transliterated as, but Eris had been snubbed because of her troublemaking inclinations.
She therefore (in a fragment from the Cypria as part of a plan hatched by Zeus and Themis) tossed into the party the Apple of Discord, a golden apple inscibed Kallisti – "For the most beautiful one", or "To the Prettiest One" – provoking the goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient. The hapless Paris, Prince of Troy, was appointed to select the most beautiful. Greek mythological morality being what it was, each of the three goddesses immediately attempted to bribe Paris to choose her. Hera offered political power, Athena skill in battle, and Aphrodite the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. Paris was a red-blooded young man, and while the length of time he meditated on this problem is not recorded, he did eventually award the apple to Aphrodite.
In Nonnus' Dionysiaca, 2.356, when Typhon prepares to battle with Zeus:
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