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Eris (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ????, "Strife") is the Greek
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 of strife, her name being translated into Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
 equated her with the war-goddess Enyo
Enyo

Enyo in Greek mythology, was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. She is also identified as his sister, and daughter of Zeus and Hera, in a role closely resembling that of Eris ; with Homer representing the two as the same goddess....
. Eris
Eris (dwarf planet)

'Eris' , Minor planet names '136199 Eris', is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth-largest body known to orbit the Sun directly....
, the solar system
Solar System

The Solar System consists of the Sun and those Astronomical object bound to it by gravity: the eight planets and five dwarf planets, their 173 known Natural satellite, and billions of Small Solar System body....
's largest known dwarf planet
Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not Clearing the neighbourhood of planetesimals and is not a natural satellite....
, is named after the goddess.

a class="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m547635",this)' onMouseout='hide("m547635")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Hesiod">Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
's Works and Days
Works and Days

Works and Days is a Greek poem of some 800 verses written by Hesiod . The poem revolves around two general truths: labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by....
 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris "Strife" are distinguished:

So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife
Strife

Strife is a first-person shooter Video game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom Engine from id Software....
 alone, but all over the earth there are two.






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Eris (discordia)
Eris (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ????, "Strife") is the Greek
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 goddess
Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. Often deities are part of a polytheism system that includes several deities in a pantheon .Common associations of goddesses are the Earth goddess, the Mother Goddess, Love goddess, and the hearth goddess, reflecting historical gender roles....
 of strife, her name being translated into Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
 equated her with the war-goddess Enyo
Enyo

Enyo in Greek mythology, was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. She is also identified as his sister, and daughter of Zeus and Hera, in a role closely resembling that of Eris ; with Homer representing the two as the same goddess....
. Eris
Eris (dwarf planet)

'Eris' , Minor planet names '136199 Eris', is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth-largest body known to orbit the Sun directly....
, the solar system
Solar System

The Solar System consists of the Sun and those Astronomical object bound to it by gravity: the eight planets and five dwarf planets, their 173 known Natural satellite, and billions of Small Solar System body....
's largest known dwarf planet
Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not Clearing the neighbourhood of planetesimals and is not a natural satellite....
, is named after the goddess.

Characteristics in Greek mythology

In Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
's Works and Days
Works and Days

Works and Days is a Greek poem of some 800 verses written by Hesiod . The poem revolves around two general truths: labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by....
 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris "Strife" are distinguished:

So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife
Strife

Strife is a first-person shooter Video game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom Engine from id Software....
 alone, but all over the earth there are two. As for the one, a man would praise her when he came to understand her; but the other is blameworthy: and they are wholly different in nature.
For one fosters evil war and battle, being cruel: her no man loves; but perforce, through the will of the deathless gods, men pay harsh Strife her honour due.
But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night (Nyx), and the son of Cronus who sits above
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
 and dwells in the aether
Aether

Aether originally was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology.The term aether, ?ther or ether may also refer to one of the following:...
, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men. She stirs up even the shiftless to toil; for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order; and neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men. And potter is angry with potter, and craftsman with craftsman, and beggar is jealous of beggar, and minstrel of minstrel.


In Hesiod's Theogony
Theogony

The Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogy of the polytheism of the ancient Greeks, composed circa 700 BC....
 (226–232) Strife the daughter of Night is less kindly spoken of as she brings forth other personifications as her children:

But abhorred Eris ('Strife') bare painful Ponos ('Toil/Labor'), Lethe
Lethe

In Classical Greek, Lethe literally means "forgetfulness" or "concealment". It is related to the Greek word for "truth": a-lethe-ia , meaning "un-forgetfulness" or "un-concealment"....
 ('Forgetfulness') and Limos ('Famine') and tearful Algea (Pains/Sorrows), Hysminai ('Fightings/Combats') also, Makhai
Makhai

In Greek mythology, the Makhai were the daemons of battle and combat, and were sons or daughters of Eris . The daemons Homados , Alala , Proioxis , Palioxis and Kydoimos were probably numbered among the Makhai....
 ('Battles'), Phonoi ('Murders/Slaughterings'), Androctasiai ('Manslaughters'), Neikea ('Quarrels'), Pseudea ('Lies/Falsehoods'), Amphillogiai ('Disputes'), Dysnomia
Dysnomia (mythology)

Dysnomia , imagined by Hesiod among the daughters of "abhorred Eris " , is the Daemon #In Greece and Rome of "lawlessness", who shares her nature with Ate ; she makes rare appearances among other personifications in poetical contexts that are marginal to Greek mythology but become central to Greek philosophy: see Laws ....
 ('Lawlessness') and Ate
Ate

At?, a Greek word for "ruin, folly, delusion", is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his or her hubris that leads to his or her death or downfall....
 ('Ruin/Folly'), all of one nature, and Horkos ('Oath') who most troubles men upon earth when anyone wilfully swears a false oath.


The other Strife is presumably she who appears in Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
's Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
 Book IV; equated with Enyo
Enyo

Enyo in Greek mythology, was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. She is also identified as his sister, and daughter of Zeus and Hera, in a role closely resembling that of Eris ; with Homer representing the two as the same goddess....
 as sister of Ares
Ares

In Greek mythology, Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Twelve Olympians God of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."...
 and so presumably daughter of Zeus
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
 and Hera
Hera

In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
:

Strife whose wrath is relentless, she is the sister and companion of murderous Ares, she who is only a little thing at the first, but thereafter grows until she strides on the earth with her head striking heaven. She then hurled down bitterness equally between both sides as she walked through the onslaught making men's pain heavier. She also has a son whom she named Strife
Enyalius

Enyalius in Greek mythology is generally a byname of Ares the god of war but in Mycenaean times is differentiated as a separate deity. On the Linear B Knossos Tablet KN V 52 the name E-nu-wa-ri-jo is interpreted to refer to this same Enyalios....
.


Zeus sends her to rouse the Achaeans in Book 11 of the same work.

The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War
Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
. The goddesses Hera
Hera

In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
, Athena
Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
 and Aphrodite
Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the classical Greek mythology goddess of love, sex, and beauty. According to Greek oral poet Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus....
 had been invited along with the rest of Olympus
Olympus

A number of different things are named Olympus:...
 to the forced wedding of Peleus
Peleus

In Greek mythology, Pele?s was a Greek hero cult who was already known to Homer. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Ende?s, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly; he became the father of Achilles....
 and Thetis
Thetis

Silver-footed Thetis , disposer or "placer" , is encountered in Greek mythology mostly as a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient one of the seas with shape-shifting abilities who survives in the historical vestiges of most later Greek myths as Proteus ....
, who would become the parents of Achilles
Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greeks hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme ; the Wrath of Achilles....
, but Eris had been snubbed because of her troublemaking inclinations.

She therefore (in a fragment from the Kypria
Kypria

The Cypria is an Epic poetry of ancient Greek literature that was quite well known in the Classical period and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view....
 as part of a plan hatched by Zeus and Themis
Themis

Themis is an Greek mythology. She is described as "of good counsel", and was the embodiment of divine order, law, and custom. Themis means "law of nature" rather than human ordinance, literally "that which is put in place", from the verb t?????, t?themi, to put....
) tossed into the party the Apple of Discord
Apple of Discord

An apple of discord is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord which, according to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris said that she would give "to the fairest" at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a vanity-fueled dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War ....
, a golden apple
Apple (symbolism)

Apples appear in many World religions, often as a mystical or forbidden fruit. One of the problems identifying apples in religion, mythology and folktales is that the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all fruit, other than berries but including nuts, as late as the 17th century....
 inscribed Kallisti – "For the most beautiful one", or "To the Fairest One" – provoking the goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient. The hapless Paris
Paris (mythology)

Paris , the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek mythology. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War....
, Prince of Troy
Troy

Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
, was appointed to select the most beautiful
Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and to the foundation of Rome....
 by Zeus
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
. Each of the three goddesses immediately attempted to bribe Paris to choose her. Hera
Hera

In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
 offered political power; Athena
Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
 promised skill in battle; and Aphrodite
Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the classical Greek mythology goddess of love, sex, and beauty. According to Greek oral poet Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus....
 tempted him with the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen
Helen

In Greek mythology, Helen , better known as Helen of Sparta later Helen of Troy, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda , wife of King Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor and Pollux, Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra....
, wife of Menelaus
Menelaus

Menelaus may refer to;*Menelaus, one of the two most known Atrides, a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope*Menelaus on the Moon, named after Menelaus of Alexandria....
 of Sparta
Sparta

Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
. While Greek culture placed a greater emphasis on prowess and power, Paris
Paris (mythology)

Paris , the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek mythology. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War....
 chose to award the apple to Aphrodite, thereby dooming his city, which was destroyed in the war that ensued.

In Nonnus
Nonnus

Nonnus , was a Greek language epic poet. He was a native of Panopolis in the Egyptian Thebaid, and probably lived at the end of the 4th or early 5th century....
' Dionysiaca, 2.356, when Typhon
Typhon

In Greek mythology, Typhon , also Typheus/Typhoeus , Typhaon or Typhos is the final son of Gaia , fathered by Tartarus, and is the god of wind....
 prepares to battle with Zeus:

Eris ('Strife') was Typhon's escort in the melée, Nike
Nike (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nike , was a goddess who personified triumph throughout the ages of the ancient Greek culture. The Roman equivalent was Victoria ....
 ('Victory') led Zeus to battle.


Another story of Eris includes Hera, and the love of Polytekhnos and Aedon
Aedon

A?don is, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus....
. They claimed to love each other more than Hera and Zeus were in love. This angered Hera, so she sent Eris to rack discord upon them. Polytekhnos was finishing off a chariot board, and Aedon a web she had been weaving. Eris said to them, "Whosoever finishes thine task last shall have to present the other with a female servant!" Aedon won. But Polytekhnos was not happy by his defeat, so he came to Khelidon, Aedon's sister, and raped her. He then disguised her as a slave, presenting her to Aedon. When Aedon discovered this was indeed her sister, she chopped up Polytekhnos' son and fed him to him. The gods were not pleased, so they turned them all into birds.

Cultural influences


Discordianism

Eris has been adopted as the matron deity of the modern Discordian
Discordianism

Discordianism is a modernism religion centered on the idea that chaos is all that there is, and that Cosmos and disorder, the latter considered a concept distinct from chaos, are both illusions that are imposed on chaos....
 religion, which was begun in the late 1950s by Gregory Hill and Kerry Wendell Thornley under the pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
s of "Malaclypse the Younger
Malaclypse the Younger

Malaclypse the Younger was a pen name used by Gregory Hill in writing the Principia Discordia. He was also adapted as a character in The Illuminatus! Trilogy....
" and "Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst". The Discordian version of Eris is considerably lighter in comparison to the rather malevolent Graeco-Roman original. A quote from the Principia Discordia
Principia Discordia

Principia Discordia is a Discordianism religious text written by Gregory Hill and Kerry Thornley . It was originally published under the title "Principia Discordia or How The West Was Lost" in a limited edition of 5 copies in 1965....
, the first holy book of Discordianism, attempts to clear this up:
One day Mal-2 consulted his Pineal Gland
Pineal gland

The pineal gland is a small endocrine system gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and photoperiodic functions....
 and asked Eris if She really created all of those terrible things. She told him that She had always liked the Old Greeks, but that they cannot be trusted with historic matters. "They were," She added, "victims of indigestion, you know."


The story of Eris being snubbed and indirectly starting the Trojan War is recorded in the Principia, and is referred to as the Original Snub
Discordianism

Discordianism is a modernism religion centered on the idea that chaos is all that there is, and that Cosmos and disorder, the latter considered a concept distinct from chaos, are both illusions that are imposed on chaos....
. The Principia Discordia states that her parents may be as described in Greek legend, or that she may be the daughter of Void. She is the Goddess of Disorder and Being, whereas her sister Aneris (called the equivalent of Harmonia by the Mythics of Harmonia) is the goddess of Order and Non-Being. Their brother is Spirituality.

The concept of Eris as developed by the Principia Discordia is used and expanded upon in the science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 work The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a trilogy written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson purportedly between 1969 and 1971, and first published in 1975....
 by Robert Shea
Robert Shea

Robert Joseph Shea was a novelist and former journalism best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!....
 and Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson or RAW was an United States novelist, essayist, philosopher, psychonaut, futurologist and libertarian.Wilson described his writing as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations?to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps and no one model elevated to the Truth." ... ...
 (in which characters from Principia Discordia appear). In this work, Eris is a major character in the book, taking the form of virtually every other female character who appears before her true nature is revealed in the final volume.

Sleeping Beauty


The classic fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
 Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma M?re l'Oye .While Perrault's version is better known, an older variant, the tale Sun, Moon, and Talia, was contained in Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone ....
 is partly inspired by Eris's role in the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Like Eris, a malevolent fairy
Fairy

A fairy is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as spirit#Metaphysical and metaphorical uses, supernatural or preternatural....
 curses a princess after failing to be invited to the princess' christening
Christening

Christening may refer to:*Baptism*Infant baptism*Ship naming and launching...
.

Eris in popular culture

  • Eris appears on the Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an American animated television series that originally aired on Cartoon Network . The show aired from August 24, 2001 to November 9, 2007, but still airs occasionally....
     as a rival of Mandy, Grim, and Billy, voiced by Rachael MacFarlane
    Rachael MacFarlane

    Rachael MacFarlane is an United States voice actress best known for her appearances in the Fox Television Network animated series, Family Guy and American Dad! ....
    . In the episode "Complete and Utter Chaos", she causes chaos to grip Grim, Billy, and Mandy by giving them "The Golden Apple of Chaos and Discord", a more elaborate title for the mythological Apple of Discord
    Apple of Discord

    An apple of discord is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord which, according to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris said that she would give "to the fairest" at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a vanity-fueled dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War ....
    . She is drawn to resemble pop star Madonna
    Madonna (entertainer)

    Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
    . See Eris (Billy and Mandy) for more information about the TV version.
  • Eris appears as the main antagonist in the film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
    Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

    Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 in film animated film produced by DreamWorks SKG with voices of characters from Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Joseph Fiennes....
    .
  • Eris appears in Class of the Titans
    Class of the Titans

    Class of the Titans is a Canada animation television series created by Studio B Productions and Nelvana. It premiered on December 31, 2005 at 5PM ET/PT on Teletoon with a special 90-minute presentation of the first three episodes....
     episode "Applet of Discord" where she uses a magic ringtone to cause chaos.
  • Eris
    Children of Ares (comics)

    The Children of Ares are fictional DC Comics deity characters based on Greek mythology. They are frequent opponents of Wonder Woman....
     also appears in Wonder Woman
    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman is a Character , a DC Comics Superhero#Superheroines created by William Moulton Marston. First appearing in All Star Comics #8 , she is one of three characters to have been continuously published by DC Comics since the company's 1944 inception ....
     as one of her major antagonists during George Pérez
    George Pérez

    George P?rez is an illustrator and writer of comic books born of Latin-American descent. Along with John Byrne, he was arguably the most popular and influential artist in American comic books in the 1980s....
    's tenure on the title. She clashed with Wonder Woman on several occasions until she was killed by the Son of Vulcan
    Son of Vulcan

    Son of Vulcan is the name of two comic book Character , one created by Charlton Comics in 1965, the other by DC Comics in August 2005. Son of Vulcan was one of the characters DC Comics purchased from defunct Charlton Comics in 1983....
     during the "War of The Gods
    War of the Gods (comics)

    War of the Gods was an USA four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1991 in comics.Primarily centered on the character Wonder Woman, this storyline was intended to celebrate the character's 50th anniversary....
    ". She resurfaced years later as part of a plot engineered by her brothers, Phobos
    Phobos (mythology)

    Phobos is the embodiment of fear and Horror in Greek mythology. He is the offspring of Ares and Aphrodite. He was known for accompanying Ares into battle along with his brother, Deimos , the goddess Enyo, and his father?s attendants....
     and Deimos
    Deimos (mythology)

    In Greek mythology, Deimos was the personification of Angst.He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He, his twin brother Phobos and the goddess Enyo accompanied Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread, and Panic....
    , to merge Gotham City
    Gotham City

    Gotham City is a fictional city appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 ....
     with the Areopagus, Ares's throne capital.
  • In the video game Discworld Noir
    Discworld Noir

    Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the film noir genre....
    , based on the Discworld
    Discworld

    Discworld is a comedy fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on Discworld , a Flat Earth balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Discworld #Great A'Tuin, the star turtle....
     novels of Terry Pratchett
    Terry Pratchett

    Sir Terence David John Pratchett, Officer of the Order of the British Empire is an England novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre....
    , Eris is parodied as Errata, goddess of misunderstandings
    Discworld gods

    The Discworld gods are the fictional deity from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. The Discworld , being a flat disc supported on the backs of four elephants on top of a giant flying turtle, exists in a region of the universe where reality is somewhat less consistent than it appears in our own, more mundane corner of e...
    , and is claimed to be responsible for the "Tsortean War".
  • Discordia is the name that Stephen King
    Stephen King

    Stephen Edwin King is an United States author of contemporary horror fiction, fantasy fiction and science fiction.Having sold an estimated List of bestselling fiction authors of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history....
     uses in his Dark Tower series for the surroundings of the Crimson King's castle, as a place of desolation, despair and plague, death and deep horrors.
  • The Greek Goddess Eris features heavily in the anthology Liber Malorum - Children Of The Apple, woven and edited by Sean Scullion. In this work, Eris features primarily as a goddess of chaos and synchronicity and an alternate version of her mythology is presented in one of the short stories within. In this story, the Apple of Discord
    Apple of Discord

    An apple of discord is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord which, according to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris said that she would give "to the fairest" at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a vanity-fueled dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War ....
     was to be presented as a genuine wedding present to Thetis
    Thetis

    Silver-footed Thetis , disposer or "placer" , is encountered in Greek mythology mostly as a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient one of the seas with shape-shifting abilities who survives in the historical vestiges of most later Greek myths as Proteus ....
    , and Eris is abdicated from any wrong-doing. In this retelling of the Erisian myth, it's the greed and vanity of the other goddesses that caused the squabble rather than it coming from Eris' intentions.
  • Discord is portrayed by Meighan Desmond in the series 4 episode, "Takes One to Know One" of Xena: Warrior Princess
    Xena: Warrior Princess

    Xena: Warrior Princess is an United States television series that aired from September 15, 1995 until June 18, 2001. The series was produced by Renaissance Pictures in association with Universal Studios....
    . In the season 5 episode "Motherhood", she is beheaded by Xena, after Xena is given the power to murder Gods.


See also

  • Aneris
  • Discordian Works
    Discordian Works

    Discordian works include a number of books, not all of which actually exist. Among those that have been published are the Principia Discordia, first published in 1965 ; and The Illuminatus! Trilogy, which had its first volume published in 1975....
  • 136199 Eris (the dwarf planet
    Dwarf planet

    A dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but has not Clearing the neighbourhood of planetesimals and is not a natural satellite....
    )


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