Cilla: Eris The Goddess of Discord, Strife & Chaos

Eris has been said to be the daughter of Nyx, but she has also been called the sister of Ares and the nurse of War, since she helps her brother in arms to accomplish his bloody work. And enjoying the groans of dying men, she fills their hearts with hatred, so that they may slay each other. Being of such a deplorable nature, the gods have kept Eris apart, and as it is widely known, she was not in the list of guests who were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the parents of Achilles. Nevertheless, Eris, being difficult to get rid of, carved an apple out of pure gold and inscribed it with the Greek word Kallisti, which means "For the most beautiful one", or "To the Fairest One".





Eris threw her golden apple into the banquet hall of a wedding she wasn't invited to and caused discord and dispute amongst the three goddess Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. They were therefore sent by Zeus to Mount Ida near Troy in order to be judged by the shepherd Paris, who chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful, accepting Helen's hand for a bribe.




Consequences of that trouble.
This is one cause of the Trojan War, for Paris, having come to fetch his bribe at Sparta, where Helen was queen, left the city as her lover and sailed with her to Troy. But her husband Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon, against all odds—for war had never before broken up for the sake of a woman—sent a powerful army against Troy, and produced a conflagration that still today causes such an awe and amazement as if the flames of Troy were still burning.





Loved by no one, and yet possesses many.
The cruel works of Eris foster battles and wars, awake the minds and hearts of mortals, and set them in motion to exchange death for death, as did the Pelopides Atreus and Thyestes 1, or the sons of Oedipus. Although no one loves her, which is seen in that artists represent her as a most repulsive woman, many are possessed by her and mortals must pay Eris her due, following the will of the gods; yet it has been said that discord among mortals displeases Zeus.