page_title: Apple of Discord
hierarchical_section_title: Apple of Discord
context_page_description: An apple of discord is the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.
  It is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord in the story The Judgement of Paris which, according to Greek mythology, was what the goddess Eris tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis as a prize of beauty, thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War
context_section_description: An apple of discord is the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.
  It is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord (Greek: μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος) in the story The Judgement of Paris which, according to Greek mythology, was what the goddess Eris (Gr. Ἔρις, "Strife") tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis as a prize of beauty, thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War
caption: J. M. W. Turner, The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides
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