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[[File:Hercules Musei Capitolini MC1265 n2.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Heracles]] with the apple of [[Hesperides]] ]]

Apples appear in many [[World religions|religious traditions]], oftenincluding asGreek aand mystical or [[forbidden fruit]]. One of the problems identifying apples in religion,Roman [[mythology]] andwhere [[Folklore|folktales]]it ishas thatan theambiguous wordsymbolism "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign)of fruitdiscord, other than berriesfertility, includingor nuts,courtship.<ref>{{cite asbook late|last1=Biedermann as|first1=Hans the|translator-last1=Hulbert 17th century.{{Citation|translator-first1=James needed|date=September1992 2024|reasontitle=CheckedDictionary citedof source,Symbolism information|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsymb00bied_0/page/16 not|url-access=registration in|language=en ''Historical|location=New GeographyYork of|publisher=Facts Cropon Plants:File A|pages=16–17 Select|isbn=978-0-8160-2593-0 Roster''|access-date=3 byOctober Sauer.2024}}</ref> For instance, inIn [[Greek mythology]], the [[Greek hero]] [[Heracles]], as a part of his [[Twelve Labours]], was required to travel to the Garden of the Hesperides and pick the golden apples off the [[Hesperides#The Garden of the Hesperides|Tree of Life]] growing at its center.<ref name="Ruck 2001">{{cite book |last1=Ruck |first1=Carl A. P. |author-link1=Carl A. P. Ruck |last2=Staples |first2=Blaise D. |author-link2=Blaise Daniel Staples |last3=Heinrich |first3=Clark |author-link3=Clark Heinrich |date=2001 |title=The apples of Apollo : pagan and Christian mysteries of the Eucharist |language=en |edition= |location=Durham, North Carolina |publisher=[[Carolina Academic Press]] |pages=64–70 |isbn=978-0-89089-924-3 |lccn=00040351 |oclc=46337324}}</ref>

The Greek goddess of discord, [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], became disgruntled after she was excluded from the wedding of [[Peleus]] and [[Thetis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eris - Greek Goddess of Strife & Discord (Roman Discordia) |url=https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eris.html |website=[[Theoi Project]] |publisher=Aaron J. Atsma |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925003522/https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eris.html |archive-date=25 September 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> In retaliation, she tossed a [[Apple of Discord|golden apple]] inscribed [[Kallisti|Καλλίστη]] (''Kallistē'', "For the most beautiful one"), into the wedding party. Three goddesses claimed the apple: [[Hera]], [[Athena]], and [[Aphrodite]]. [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] of [[Troy]] was appointed to select the recipient. After being bribed by both Hera and Athena, Aphrodite tempted him with the most beautiful woman in the world, [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] of [[Sparta]]. He awarded the apple to Aphrodite, thus indirectly causing the [[Trojan War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lucian |author-link1=Lucian |translator-last1=Fowler |translator-first1=H.W. |translator-link1=H. W. Fowler |translator-last2=Fowler |translator-first2=F.G. |translator-link2= Francis George Fowler |date=1905 |title=The Works of Lucian of Samosata |url=https://archive.org/details/worksoflucianofs01luciuoft/page/78 |language=en |volume=I |edition=First |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Clarendon Press]] |pages=78–85 |lccn=06001045 |oclc=506365 |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Judgement of Paris - Greek Mythology |url=https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/JudgementParis.html |website=[[Theoi Project]] |publisher=Aaron J. Atsma |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824120807/https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/JudgementParis.html |archive-date=24 August 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>