Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apple_of_discord

1 sense of apple of discord

Sense 1
apple of discord -- ((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)
       => trophy, prize -- (something given as a token of victory)