Apple of Discord

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Garden of the Hesperides
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).

The Apple of Discord (

Greek myth of the Judgement of Paris. It sparked a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to 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 La manzana de la discordia (Catalan: Illa de la Discòrdia).[3] The reason for this usage is that the word manzana 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"

superlative of καλός, "beautiful". In Latin sources, the word is formosissima.[6]

See also

References

Look up apple of discord in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ Apollodorus. "E.3.2". The Library Epitome. Translated by J. G. Frazer.
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  4. ^ Lucian. "The Judgement of Paris". Dialogues of the Gods. Translated by H. W. & F. G. Fowler.
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  6. ^ Hyginus. "92". Fabulae. Translated by Mary Grant. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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