Apple of Discord

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J. M. W. Turner, The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides (c. 1806)
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The manzana de la discordia (the turret on the left belongs to the Casa Lleó Morera; the building with the stepped triangular peak is the Casa Amatller; and the curved façade to its right is the Casa Batlló).

In Greek mythology, the Apple of Discord (Template:Langx) was a golden apple dropped by Eris, the goddess of strife, at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. It sparked a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that led to the Judgement of Paris and ultimately the Trojan War.[1]

In common parlance, the "apple of discord" is the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.[2]

Derivative uses

In the Eixample district of Barcelona, there is a block nicknamed in Spanish Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Langx).[3] The reason for this usage is that the word Script error: No such module "Lang". means both "apple" and "city block" in Spanish. It was so named ("block of discord") because it features four different interpretations of Modernisme architecture: Antoni Gaudí's Casa Batlló, Lluís Domènech i Montaner's Casa Lleó Morera, Josep Puig i Cadafalch's Casa Amatller, and Enric Sagnier's Casa Mulleras.

"To the Most Beautiful"

In some later sources, Eris inscribed on the apple "for the fairest"[4] or "to the most beautiful" before tossing it. The most popular version of the inscription in Greek is Script error: No such module "Lang". (transliterated: tē(i) kallistē(i), "for/to the most beautiful").[5] Script error: No such module "Lang". is the dative singular of the feminine superlative of Script error: No such module "Lang"., "beautiful". In Latin sources, the word is Script error: No such module "Lang"..[6]

In an attempt to rationalize the myth, Ptolemaeus Chennus wrote that instead of an apple, the three goddesses fought over which would get a man named Melus ("apple") as her priest, with Paris deciding in favour of Aphrodite.[7]

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  7. ↑ Ptolemaeus Chennus 6.17, as epitomized by Photios I Myriobiblon 190
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