apple of discord

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔːd/
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• General-American: /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈdɪskɔɹd/
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A reference to the μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος (mêlon tês Éridos, “apple of Eris”) in Greek mythology, a golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest female’ which Eris (known as Discordia to the Romans), the goddess of discord and strife, tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. This provoked a dispute among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera as to who was the most beautiful, and eventually led to the Trojan War.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կռվախնձոր (kṙvaxnjor) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Belarusian: яблык разладу (jablyk razladu) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Bulgarian: я́бълка на раздо́ра (jábǎlka na razdóra) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Chinese Mandarin: 禍根 /祸根 (huògēn) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Chinese Mandarin: 金蘋果 /金苹果 (jīn píngguǒ) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Czech: jablko sváru — object which sows anger and dissension
• Czech: Eridino jablko — object which sows anger and dissension
• Danish: stridens æble — object which sows anger and dissension
• Dutch: twistappel — object which sows anger and dissension
• Esperanto: pomo de la malakordo — object which sows anger and dissension
• Estonian: tüliõun — object which sows anger and dissension
• Finnish: kiistakapula — object which sows anger and dissension
• French: pomme de discorde — object which sows anger and dissension
• Galician: mazá da discordia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Georgian: განხეთქილების ვაშლი (ganxetkilebis vašli) — object which sows anger and dissension
• German: Zankapfel — object which sows anger and dissension
• Greek: μήλον της έριδος (mílon tis éridos) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Greek: μήλο της έριδας (mílo tis éridas) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Icelandic: þrætuepli — object which sows anger and dissension
• Indonesian: apel perselisihan — object which sows anger and dissension
• Italian: mela della discordia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Italian: pomo della discordia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Japanese: 争いの種 (arasoi no tane) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Japanese: 不和の林檎 — object which sows anger and dissension
• Kazakh: бүлік алмасы (bülık almasy) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Korean: 불화의 사과 (bulhwaui sagwa) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Latin: mālum discordiae — object which sows anger and dissension
• Macedonian: јаболко на раздорот (jabolko na razdorot) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Polish: jabłko niezgody — object which sows anger and dissension
• Polish: kość niezgody — object which sows anger and dissension
• Portuguese: pomo da discórdia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Portuguese: pomo de discórdia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Romanian: mărul discordiei — object which sows anger and dissension
• Russian: я́блоко раздо́ра (jábloko razdóra) — object which sows anger and dissension
• Spanish: manzana de la discordia — object which sows anger and dissension
• Swedish: erisäpple — object which sows anger and dissension
• Swedish: stridsäpple — object which sows anger and dissension
• Swedish: stridsfråga — object which sows anger and dissension
• Swedish: tvisteämne — object which sows anger and dissension
• Ukrainian: яблуко розбрату (jabluko rozbratu) — object which sows anger and dissension