strife, quarrel, debate, contention:
I.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.
II.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.
III.after Hom. of political or domestic strife, discord, quarrel, wrangling, disputation, Hdt., attic
IV.as pr. nom. Eris, a goddess who excites to war, sister and companion of Ares, Il.
