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Paris, the Prince of Troy, gave the Golden Apple to the goddess Aphrodite.
One: a guy used it to distract a girl and win a race so he could marry her Two: Hercules had to retrieve them in his 11th labor when a dragon guarded them.
An apple of discord is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord which, according to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris said that she would give "to the fairest" at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, sparking a vanity-fueled dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War. Thus, "apple of discord" became a euphemism for the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or for a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.
Eris did, the goddess of strife and discord.
Eris' apple of discord was said to be golden (a golden apple from Hera's garden), with the words 'To the fairest' inscribed upon it.