NOUN
- (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
How To Use apple of discord In A Sentence
- His great and wealthy enterprise constantly formed an apple of discord.
- The right to inherit the large estate became the apple of discord among the three brothers.
