apple of discord

Etymology


A reference to the in, 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.

Noun

 * 1) An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: яблык разладу
 * Bulgarian: я́бълка на раздо́ра
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 金蘋果
 * Czech:, Eridino jablko
 * Danish: stridens æble
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pomo de la malakordo
 * Estonian: tüliõun
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: mazá da discordia
 * Georgian: განხეთქილების ვაშლი
 * German:
 * Greek: μήλον της έριδος, μήλο της έριδας
 * Icelandic: þrætuepli
 * Indonesian: apel perselisihan
 * Italian: mela della discordia, pomo della discordia
 * Japanese: 争いの種, 不和の林檎
 * Kazakh: бүлік алмасы
 * Korean: 불화의 사과
 * Latin: mālum discordiae
 * Macedonian: јаболко на раздорот
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: pomo da discórdia
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: manzana de la discordia
 * Swedish:, stridsäpple, stridsfråga, tvisteämne
 * Ukrainian: