Eris Goddess of Discord Chaos & Strife

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Eris Goddess of Discord Chaos & Strife

Postby cybotron » 8 years ago

The evil fate of Paris and the city of Troy? Trojan wars anyone? Wrath of heaven etc.? Apple of Discord? :lol:
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of Paris. The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had been invited along with the rest of Olympus to the forced wedding of Peleus and Thetis, who would become the parents of Achilles, but Eris had been snubbed because of her troublemaking inclinations.

She therefore (as mentioned at the Kypria according to Proclus as part of a plan hatched by Zeus and Themis) tossed into the party the Apple of Discord, a golden apple inscribed τῇ καλλίστῃ (Ancient Greek: tē(i) kallistē(i)) – "For the most beautiful one", or "To the Fairest One" – provoking the goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient. The hapless Paris, Prince of Troy, was appointed to select the fairest by Zeus. The goddesses stripped naked to try to win Paris' decision, and also attempted to bribe him. Hera offered political power; Athena promised infinite wisdom; and Aphrodite tempted him with the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. While Greek culture placed a greater emphasis on prowess and power, Paris chose to award the apple to Aphrodite, thereby dooming his city, which was destroyed in the war that ensued.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(mythology)
Eris (/ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs/; Greek: Ἔρις, "Strife")[1] is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her name is the equivalent of Latin Discordia, which means "discord". Eris' Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona. The dwarf planet Eris is named after the goddess, as is the religion Discordianism.

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"The Golden Apple of Discord", labelled Kallisti ("For the Most Beautiful One")
Into the hand of Chaos and Discord goes the victim! :lol:
Strife whose wrath is relentless, she is the sister and companion of murderous Ares, she who is only a little thing at the first, but thereafter grows until she strides on the earth with her head striking heaven. She then hurled down bitterness equally between both sides as she walked through the onslaught making men's pain heavier. She also has a son whom she named Strife.
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Postby jeffbert » 8 years ago

Because my mom lied to me, saying that a pear was just a green apple, I have only eaten red ones since. :lol:

BTW, interesting post, Cybotron. :w00t:
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Postby cybotron » 8 years ago

"jeffbert" wrote:Because my mom lied to me, saying that a pear was just a green apple, I have only eaten red ones since. :lol:

BTW, interesting post, Cybotron. :w00t:

You notice that an apple also figures in the introduction of strife and discord, or as it's called, "the knowledge of Good and evil" in the bible story of Adam and Eve? I think Tezuka San did an anime on the subject? In fact, I think that the apple of Eris and the apple of Eve are the same thing! Anyway the Tezuka anime is here.
http://http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2svf1l

Thanks. Watched Troy a little bit last night. People are so quick to dismiss what they call superstition and myths of the ancient worlds. But the destruction of Troy and the heroes of the Iliad of Homer, was the work of Eris Goddess of discord. And people just slide into doom.
Scholars in Cambridge and Oxford claimed that there was no such thing as Troy for centuries. They made speeches and said Homer was a fairy tale for children. :lol: Thus and thus. Then a man who believed his childhood stories found Troy and the actual golden treasure in it! The riddle of the Goddess? Just don't take that Apple from Eris to give it some other girl like Paris did. Eris is the fairest under heaven. :lol: :lol:
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