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DERIVATIVE USES Because of this, the Roman God dess corresponding to the Greek Eris was named "Discordia". Also, in German and in Dutch , the words are used more often Colloquial ly than in English, though in German the colloquial form is not ''Apfel der Zwietracht'' (lit. "Apple of Discord") but ''Zankapfel'' ("Quarrel-apple") and rarely ''Erisapfel'' - the Dutch is ''Twistappel'' ("Strife-apple"). KALLISTI Etymology ''Kallisti'' is the word from the Greek Language inscribed on the Golden Apple of Discord by Eris , meaning "for the fairest" or "to the prettiest". In Ancient Greek , the word is ''καλλίστη'', "kallistä", (the Dative Singular of the Feminine Superlative of καλος, Beautiful ). In Modern Greek it is ''καλλίστι'', "kallisti", and in Latin it is ''pulcherrimae''. Discordianism The word ''Kallisti'' has become a principal symbol of Discordianism , a modern religion. In non- Philological texts (such as Discordian ones) the word is usually spelled as ''καλλιστι''. Most versions of '' Principia Discordia '' actually spell it as καλλιχτι, but this is definitely incorrect; in the afterword of the 1979 Loompanics edition of ''Principia'', Gregory Hill says that was because on the IBM typewriter he used, not all Greek Letters coincided with Latin ones, and he didn't know enough of the letters to spot the mistake. Other uses
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