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.