Eris

Goddess

In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).

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Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“and Terror, and Rout, and Discord that rageth incessantly, sister and comrade of man-slaying Ares; she at the first rears her crest but little, yet thereafter planteth her head in heaven, while her feet tread on earth. She it was that now cast evil strife into their midst”
Il. 4.440–444
“as they saw him come to join them alive and whole and possessed of valiant courage. Howbeit they questioned him not at all, for toil of other sort forbade them, even that which he of the silver bow was stirring, and Ares the bane of mortals, and Discord that rageth without ceasing. On the other side the Aiantes twain and Odysseus and Diomedes”
Il. 5.515–519
“Now Dawn rose from her couch from beside lordly Tithonus, to bring light to immortals and to mortal men; and Zeus sent forth Strife unto the swift ships of the Achaeans, dread Strife, bearing in her hands a portent of war.”
Il. 11.1–4
“And she took her hand by Odysseus' black ship, huge of hull, that was in the midst so that a shout could reach to either end, both to the huts of Aias, son of Telamon, and to those of Achilles; for these had drawn up their shapely ships at the furthermost ends, trusting in their valour and the strength of their hands.”
Il. 11.5–9
“even so the Trojans and Achaeans leapt upon one another and made havoc, nor would either side take thought of ruinous flight; and equal heads had the battle, and they raged like wolves. And Strife, that is fraught with many groanings, was glad as she looked thereon; for alone of the gods she was with them in their fighting;”
Il. 11.70–74
“And amid them Strife and Tumult joined in the fray, and deadly Fate, grasping one man alive, fresh-wounded, another without a wound, and another she dragged dead through the mellay by the feet; and the raiment that she had about her shoulders was red with the blood of men. Even as living mortals joined they in the fray and fought;”
Il. 18.535–539
“in their terror, when they beheld the swift-footed son of Peleus, flaming in his harness, the peer of Ares, the bane of men. But when the Olympians were come into the midst of the throng of men, then up leapt mighty Strife, the rouser of hosts, and Athene cried a1oud,—now would she stand beside the digged trench without the wall,”
Il. 20.45–49

Connections

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Квалификация братства/сестринства: Полнота родства и линия общего родителя не установлены.

and Terror, and Rout, and Discord that rageth incessantly, sister and comrade of man-slaying Ares; she at the first rears her crest but little, yet thereafter planteth her head in heaven, while her feet tread on earth. She it was that now cast evil strife into their midst
Il. 4.441

Il. 4.441

Ally · Sources
Ally · Sources
and Terror, and Rout, and Discord that rageth incessantly, sister and comrade of man-slaying Ares; she at the first rears her crest but little, yet thereafter planteth her head in heaven, while her feet tread on earth. She it was that now cast evil strife into their midst
Il. 4.441

Il. 4.441

Gives the command · Sources
Gives the command · Sources

Разовое поручение и его исполнение: Эрида возбуждает боевой дух ахейцев. Не постоянная служба и не родство.

Now Dawn rose from her couch from beside lordly Tithonus, to bring light to immortals and to mortal men; and Zeus sent forth Strife unto the swift ships of the Achaeans, dread Strife, bearing in her hands a portent of war.And she took her hand by Odysseus' black ship, huge of hull, that was in the midst so that a shout could reach to either end, both to the huts of Aias, son of Telamon, and to those of Achilles; for these had drawn up their shapely ships at the furthermost ends, trusting in their valour and the strength of their hands.There stood the goddess and uttered a great and terrible shout, a shrill cry of war, and in the heart of each man of the Achaeans she put great strength to war and to fight unceasingly. And to them forthwith war became sweeter than to return in their hollow ships to their dear native land.
Il. 11.3–12

Il. 11.3–12

In art

Jan van Bijlert. The Feast of the Gods. Musée Magnin. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127971966

Hendrick de Clerck. The Nuptials of Thetis and Peleus. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19017086

Photograph / reproduction: Jan Brueghel the Elder / Hendrick de Clerck

Photograph / reproduction date: between 1600 and 1630

Pit1233. Bdg Gdanska15 Eris 07-2013. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABdg_Gdanska15_Eris_07-2013.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Pit1233

Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-07-08 18:14:46

неизвестный мастер. Eris Antikensammlung Berlin F1775. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEris_Antikensammlung_Berlin_F1775.jpg

Photograph / reproduction date: 575-525 av. J.-C.

Pit1233. Bdg Jedynak 7 5-2015. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABdg_Jedynak_7_5-2015.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Pit1233

Photograph / reproduction date: 2015-05-13 08:29:22

Katolophyromai. Illustration of Eris. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIllustration_of_Eris.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Katolophyromai

Photograph / reproduction date: 2020-06-29

Художник — Н. А. Васильев; правообладатель — А. В. Рябинин. Яблока раздора Эрида Алексей Рябинин из книги ENG. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%D0%AF%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%8F%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8_ENG.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Художник — Н. А. Васильев; правообладатель — А. В. Рябинин

Photograph / reproduction date: 2018

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Sources and verification

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