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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 word Kallisti (Modern Greek) written on a golden apple, has become a principal symbol of Discordianism, a post-modernist religion. In non- philological texts (such as Discordian ones) the word is usually spelled as καλλιστι .
'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war). According to Hesiod she was the daughter of primordial Nyx (Night), and the mother of a long list of undesirable personified abstractions, such as Ponos (Toil), Limos (Famine), Algae ...
The Augusta, Lady Gregory play called The Golden Apple: A Play for Kiltartan Children is a fable in the invented Kiltartan dialect based on Irish mythology and folklore. The Golden Apples is the name of Southern writer, Eudora Welty's, fourth short story collection, published in 1949. The stories are interrelated and center around the citizens ...
God of War: Blood & Metal is a heavy metal homage by various bands on the Roadrunner Records label, and features original music inspired by the Greek era of the God of War video game series. The EP was released for purchase on March 2, 2010, and is available from ShockHound [189] and the iTunes Store. [190]
Apple of Discord (also Golden Apple of Discord), the goddess Eris inscribed "to the fairest" and tossed in the midst of the festivities at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. (Greek mythology) Forbidden fruit, eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which they had been commanded not to do by God. (Christian mythology/Jewish mythology)
God of War III is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.First released for the PlayStation 3 on March 16, 2010, it is the fifth installment in the God of War series, the seventh chronologically, and the sequel to 2007's God of War II.
Wars between Greek states were endemic; war and warriors provided Ares's tribute, and fed his insatiable appetite for battle. [19] Ares' attributes are instruments of war: a helmet, shield, and sword or spear. [20] Libanius "makes the apple sacred to Ares", but "offers no further comment", nor connections to any aetiological myth. Apples are ...