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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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

Definitions of 'apple of discord'

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1. apple of discord
a golden apple inscribed with the words, "To the most Beautiful," thrown in among the gods of Olympus on a particular occasion, contended for by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodité, and awarded by Paris of Troy, as referee, to Aphrodité, on promise that he would have the most beautiful woman of the world for wife.

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something attractive that causes envy and quarrels among people who think they deserve it The right to host the Olympic Games is an apple of discord between the two countries.
Afrikaans: twisappel	Arabic: سَبَب شِقاق، مَثار نِزاع	Bulgarian: ябълката на раздора
Brazilian: pomo da discórdia	Czech: jablko sváru	German: Der Apfel des Zwistes
Danish: stridensæble	Greek: μήλο της έριδος	Spanish: manzana de la discordia
Estonian: tüliõun	Farsi: مایۀ شر؛ سبب دلخوری	Finnish: kiistakapula
Hebrew: סֶלָע הַמַחֲלוֹקֶת	Hindi: विवाद का सबब	Croatian: predmet svađe
Hungarian: Erisz almája	Indonesian: rebutan	Italian: pomo della discordia
Japanese: 争の種	Korean: 분쟁의 씨	Lithuanian: nesantaikos obuolys
Latvian: strīda ābols	Malay: punca perselisihan	Dutch: twistappel
Norwegian: stridens eple	Polish: kość niezgody	Persian: مایۀ شر؛ سبب دلخوری
Pashto: د شرمنبع، زړه خوړل	Russian: яблоко раздора	Slovak: jablko sváru, príčina nep
Serbian: jabuka razdora	Swedish: stridsäpple	Thai: สิ่งที่ทำให้เกิดความไม่ลง
Turkish: anlaşmazlık nedeni, tartı	Taiwanese: 爭端，禍根	Ukrainian: яблуко розбрату
Urdu: وجۂ تنازعہ ، بنائے مخاصم	Vietnamese: mối bất hoà	Chinese: 争端，祸根
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