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Originally Posted by TGS
May seem like a dumb, and somewhat tardy, question, but what exactly is an "Apple" of discord? To what, in this sentence, does the noun, "Apple", refer?
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I think it's a reference to Greek mythology, when there was a golden apple labeled To The Fairest that was put in front of (I think) Aphrodite and Diana and maybe one or two other miscellaneous goddesses. The apple was created by the goddess of discord.
My Greek mythology is way rusty; I'll have to look up the story later.
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here it is. This started the events that led up to the Trojan War.