ಅರ್ಥ : (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited). The apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it. When Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War.