What is the meaning of apple of discord?

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).
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