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Eris

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E·ris  (îrs, r-)
n. Greek Mythology
The goddess of discord.
Eris [ˈɛrɪs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the goddess of discord, sister of Ares
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Noun1.Eris - (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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"It would be difficult," he writes, "to imagine the frantic gambols that are daily played off here; sometimes dressing in red coats, and otherwise very fantastically, and collecting a number of ignorant natives around them, telling them that they are the great eris of the Northwest, and making arrangements for sending three or four vessels yearly to them from the coast with spars,
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
On a fifth day, they say, the Erinyes assisted at the birth of Horcus (Oath) whom Eris (Strife) bare to trouble the forsworn.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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