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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Eris
n : (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares [syn: {Eris}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
Eris /e'ris/ n. The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord,
Confusion, and Things You Know Not Of her name was latinized to Discordia
and she was worshiped by that name in Rome. Not a very friendly
deity in the Classical original, she was reinvented as a more benign
personification of creative anarchy starting in 1959 by the adherents of
{Discordianism} and has since been a semi-serious subject of veneration
in several `fringe' cultures, including hackerdom See {Discordianism},
{Church of the SubGenius}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Eris
/e'ris/ The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord, Confusion, and
Things You Know Not Of her name was latinised to Discordia
and she was worshiped by that name in Rome. Not a very
friendly deity in the Classical original, she was reinvented
as a more benign personification of creative anarchy starting
in 1959 by the adherents of {Discordianism} and has since been
a semi-serious subject of veneration in several fringe"
cultures, including hackerdom
See {Church of the SubGenius}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-12-08)
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