Eris is the Goddess of strife, discord, contention and rivalry in Greek Mythology.
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As the goddess of discord, Eris was often found alongside Ares, on the battlefield. Together, they delighted in the suffering and pain of soldiers and encouraged both sides to continue fighting until one side was victorious. Eris took great joy in making small arguments become big ones that finally resulted in bloodshed and war. Making trouble was her specialty and she managed to make it wherever she went.
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Eris was listed as either the daughter of Nyx without a father or Zeus and Hera. She produced many children by herself: Dysnomia, Ponos, Atë, Lethe, Limos, The Algea, The Hysminai, The Makhai, The Phonoi and The Androktasiai, The Neikea, The Amphilogiai, Horkos, Pseudea and Logoi, who like her personify negative concepts.
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Eris is usually depicted as a young woman, a positive force of the creation of chaos. In some paintings, she’s portrayed with her golden apple and a xiphos, a one-handed, double-edged shortsword, whereas in others, she’s depicted as a winged goddess. Sometimes, she’s portrayed as a woman in a white dress with dishevelled hair, symbolizing chaos. She represented negative reactions and emotions that people wanted to avoid.
Eris loved watching the arguments of others and whenever people feuded, argued or bickered, she was in the middle of it all. She created discord in marriages, causing distrust and disagreement between couples so that over time the love would be lost. She could make people resent someone else’s good skills or fortune and was always the first to instigate any argument. Some say that the reason for her unpleasant character was the fact that her parents Zeus and Hera were always fighting, distrusting and disagreeing with each other.
Eris was viewed as a harsh goddess who enjoyed unhappiness and turmoil and although she never took sides in any argument, she happily witnessed the suffering of every person involved in it.
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Eris' official Greek name is Ερις.