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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Allegorical item from Greek mythology J. M. W. Turner, The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides (c. 1806) 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 Apple of Discord is the symbol of Cogers. It is awarded to the speaker who makes the best contribution to the evening's debate. The Society of Cogers (/ ˈ k oʊ dʒ ər z /) is a free speech society, established in 1755 in the City of London.
Golden Apple of Discord by Jacob Jordaens. It is recounted [5] that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles).However, Eris, goddess of discord, was not invited, for it was believed she would have made the party unpleasant for everyone.
Similarly, "mansana de la discòrdia" is a pun that means both "block of discord" and "apple of discord," referring to the golden Apple of Discord in the Judgment of Paris, a Greek myth in which three goddesses participate in a competition to determine which of them is the fairest. Calling the area the "Apple of Discord" thus refers to the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, ... as a spoiled and wealthy woman that wields the "Apple of Discord
The Garden of the Hesperides is Hera's orchard in the west, where either a single apple tree or a grove grows, producing golden apples. According to the legend, when the marriage of Zeus and Hera took place, the different deities came with nuptial presents for the latter, and among them the goddess Gaia , with branches having golden apples ...
Golden Apple, symbol of Eris, Our Lady of Discord. The Principia Discordia holds three core principles: the Aneristic Principle (order), the Eristic Principle (disorder) and the notion that both are mere illusions. [6] The following excerpt summarizes these principles:
Melus, the son of the river-god Scamander, central in an alternative narrative of the myth of Aphrodite, Hera and Athena vying over the Apple of Discord. Melus was a handsome young man so all three goddesses fought over who would have him as her priest; Alexander ( Paris ) was tasked with solving the issue, and he decreed that Melus would serve ...