Scaife ATLAS

ἔρις .ἔρις, ιδος strife, quarrel, debate, contention: in Il. mostly of battle-strife, ἔριδι or ἐξ ἔριδος μάχεσθαι; ἔριδι ξυνιέναι to meet in battle; θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελάσσαι to set them a-fighting, etc. in Od. mostly of contention, rivalry, ἔργοιο in work; ἀέθλων for prizes, etc.:—later much like ἀγών, a contest, ἔριν ἔχειν ἀμφὶ μουσικῇ Hdt.; ἔρις ἀγαθῶν zeal for good, Aesch. after Hom. of political or domestic strife, discord, quarrel, wrangling, disputation, Hdt., Attic as pr. nom. Eris, a goddess who excites to war, sister and companion of Ares, Il.

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strife, quarrel, debate, contention

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Headword:

ἔρις

Headword (normalized):

ἔρις

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ερις

IDX:

13194

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n13199

Key:

e)/ris1

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