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  • May. 21st, 2008 at 11:17 PM
precarious, 2006, cats, balanced
Apparently, the Greek χρυσομηλιά (chrysomelia) and Latin pomum aurantium both literally describe oranges as "golden apples."

Eris' apple of discord, an orange?

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[info]mackatlaw wrote:
May. 22nd, 2008 08:48 pm (UTC)
Cool
That's very interesting!

Now it makes me wonder about the fruit in the Garden of Eden story. . .
[info]cussedness wrote:
May. 22nd, 2008 10:56 pm (UTC)
Troy burned over an orange?
[info]kaolinfire wrote:
May. 22nd, 2008 11:01 pm (UTC)
That's what I'm getting from this. :)
[info]alicia327 wrote:
May. 23rd, 2008 05:58 pm (UTC)
O_o
Well, that's certainly interesting

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