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.

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.