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3 definitions found 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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