Discordia

The Roman goddess of strife and discord, introduced by Virgil as being similar to the Greek Eris. She appears in the retinue of Mars and Bellona.

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Latin discordiae malum, "apple of discord," the famous apple of Eris in the fable.

References

Sources

  • Servius on Virgil's Aeneid i, 31; vi, 280.
  • Statius. Thebaid v, 74.
  • Virgil. Aeneid viii, 702.