WordNet: apple of discord

(classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War

• domain: topic classical mythology

• hypernym prize, trophy

apple of discord

• (suomi) Eriksen omena (synonyymi)