Who threw the golden apple into the wedding hall of Peleus and Thetis?
Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple into the wedding hall. She acted out of anger because she had not received an invitation to the grand gathering.
Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple into the wedding hall. She acted out of anger because she had not received an invitation to the grand gathering.
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each claimed the prize for themselves based on vanity rather than merit. Zeus ordered Paris to decide which goddess deserved the golden apple.
Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her. This choice led directly to the abduction of Helen and the start of the Trojan War.
The Eixample district of Barcelona contains a block known locally as the Manzana de la Discordia. Four distinct Modernisme buildings line the street including Casa Batlló designed by Antoni Gaudí and Casa Lleó Morera created by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
Ptolemaeus Chennus wrote that three goddesses fought over which would get a man named Melus as her priest. He replaced the golden fruit with a human sacrifice scenario entirely to remove supernatural elements from the original mythological narrative.