Eris

Eris typically refers to:Eris (dwarf planet), the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (provisional designation )Eris (mythology), in Greek mythology the goddess of discord, and the Goddess of DiscordianismEris (spider), a genus of jumping spidersIt may also refer to:Eris (Billy and Mandy), a humorous representation of the Greek goddess in the television show The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyEris (Star Trek), a Vorta character played by Molly HaganEris, a character from the video game Drakengard 2."Eris", an epic-rock song by Panacea.
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Noun
1. (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology

v. reach, attain, achieve, compass, range

[Greek] Eris is the Greek goddess of discord and strife. She is Ares' constant companion and follows him everywhere. Eris is sinister and mean, and her greatest joy is to make trouble. She has a golden apple that is so bright and shiny everybody wants to have it. When she throws it among friends, their friendship come to a rapid end. When she throws it among enemies, war breaks out, for the golden apple of Eris is the Apple of Discord. She did this once during the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and this act brought about the Trojan War.

/e'ris/ The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord, Confusion, and Things You Know Not Of; her name was latinised to Discordia and she was worshiped by that name in Rome. Not a very friendly deity in the Classical original, she was reinvented as a more benign personification of creative anarchy starting in 1959 by the adherents of Discordianism and has since been a semi-serious subject of veneration in several "fringe" cultures, including hackerdom.
See Church of the SubGenius.
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