Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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classical mythology | Yes | No | No | No |
apple of discord | Yes | No | No | No |
classical mythology (noun) | apple of discord (noun) |
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the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks | (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 |