Apple of Discord

Apple of Discord

The goddess Eris inscribed "to the fairest" upon this golden apple. She then tossed it in the midst of a great feast of the gods (a feast she had not been invited to) which was to celebrate the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. This, of course, sparked a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite who each attempted to claim the apple. When Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that eventually led to the Trojan War.

Eris

Greek mythology

Ashley Rieger

Ancestral

Myth