[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eris
     n : greek mythology goddess of discord; sister of ares

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
discordianism church of the subgenius 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
discordianism church of the subgenius jargon file 

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