Eris


 
 
Eris

: Eris is also a genus of jumping spiders. See Eris (genus).

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Eris (Greek Ἒρις, "Strife") is the goddess personifying that quality, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia.

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In Hesiod's Works and Days 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris 'Strife' are distinguished:

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:So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife alone, but all over the earth there are two. As for the one, a man would praise her when he came to understand her; but the other is blameworthy: and they are wholly different in nature.


 

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Pullip Byul Eris Fashion Doll
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Introduction
Greek Mythology
Discordian Mythology
Eris in popular culture
 
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