apple of discord
apple of discord see Paris , in Greek mythology.
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The Routledge handbook of Greek mythology; based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek mythology. (reprint, 2004).(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2009; 137 words
; 9780415478908 The Routledge handbook of Greek mythology; based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek mythology. (reprint, 2004) Hard, Robin. Routledge 2008 753 pages $44.95 Paperback BL783 H.J. Rose's standard work was originally published in 1928...
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Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 4/1/2005; 191 words
; ...234+x pp. Baby and child figures in Greek mythology have been virtually ignored in favor...characters had an essential part in Greek mythology. Mostly, they represented parental...ground, Pache adds new dimensions to Greek mythology and its relation to the psychology...
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Rx-files.( U.S. Army Medical Corps's emblem)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/1/2004; 100 words
; ...renewal, because of the snake's ability to shed its skin. In Greek mythology, the character Asklepios was a healer who could turn into...right, which is the symbol of Hermes, the messenger god in Greek mythology! That symbol, which includes two snakes and is topped by...
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Bacchus: A Biography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 5/1/2004; 185 words
; ...166 pages. ISBN 0-7141-2242-4. Bacchus (or Dionysus in Greek mythology) was the god of wine, said to have been born of a union...result is not only an insight into the bizarre world of Greek mythology, and in particular to the position of Bacchus, but to the...
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Hantman, Clea.(Heaven Sent)(Three Girls and a God)(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 5/1/2002; ; 361 words
; ...158p. 06-440803-5. HarperCollins, Avon. c2002. $4.99 each. Greek mythology enters the 21st century. Based upon a contemporary premise...Era, Polly and Thalia. They are three of the nine Muses of Greek mythology, otherwise known as Erato (goddess of love poetry), Polyhymnia...
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The Complete World of Greek Mythology.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 11/1/2004; 137 words
; The Complete World of Greek Mythology. Richard Buxton. Thames & Hudson. [pounds sterling]24.95. 256 pages. ISBN 0-500-251215. In this attractively presented introduction...
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Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae; two handbooks of Greek mythology.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2007; 157 words
; 9780872208216 Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae; two handbooks of Greek mythology. Apollodorus. Trans. by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma. Hackett Publishing Co. 2007 247 pages $37.95 Hardcover PA3870...
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The last time I'll see Paris.
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/9/1984; ; 700+ words
; THE LAST TIME I'LL SEE PARIS AGH! AU SECOURS! Cette Argent me frappe encore!' I stare out my hotel-room window down onto the rue de l'Universite. Sure enough...
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Pandora's Box.(Language Corner)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 1/1/2004; ; 549 words
; ...distorted the legend of Pandora'. According to original Greek mythology, Pandora was actually the first woman of matchless beauty...remains an unfathomable enigma. * According to original Greek mythology, Pandora's box contained all calamities of the world. In...
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Winning combination for Floral Art Group.
Newspaper article from: Ballymena Times (Ballymena, Northern Ireland); 3/28/2008; 447 words
; ...Patrick's night, stirred up with a little bit of Greek mythology, a sprinkling of wit and wisdom delivered in a...Pandora's Box' - and for those unfamiliar with Greek mythology - Pandora was quite simply the most beautiful...
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apple
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...serpent. Apples are also an emblem of St Dorothy . an apple a day keeps the doctor away traditional saying, recorded...reflecting a view of the health-giving properties of apples. apple of discord in Greek mythology, the golden apple inscribed ‘For the fairest,’ said to have been ...
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Fruit in Mythology
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...to the Hesperides. A golden apple stolen from Hera's garden caused...mythology. Eris, the goddess of discord, was angry not to be included...Aphrodite* each assumed that the apple was meant for her. They asked...still use the phrase "apple of discord" to refer to something that...
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Eris
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, in Greek religion, goddess of strife. Angered at not being invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, she threw the apple of discord among the wedding guests (see Paris , in Greek mythology).
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beauty
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...goddesses, Aphrodite, Hera, and Pallas Athene, was the fairest. Eris, the goddess of discord, started the trouble when she appeared at a wedding, and threw a golden apple inscribed ‘For the Fairest’. The result was a disrupted wedding and...
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golden
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...state, and which was succeeded by the silver, brazen, and iron ages. golden apple in Greek mythology, a fruit from the apples of the Hesperides , the apple of discord, or one of the apples thrown down to distract Atalanta . The Golden Ass a prose...
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