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Kallisti is a word from the Greek language. It may be translated as "for the most beautiful one" or "to the prettiest one." The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,500 years. ...


In Greek mythology, this word was inscribed on the Golden Apple of Discord by Eris, who then rolled the Apple into a wedding celebration where the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite began to quarrel as to who was the intended recipient. Paris was chosen to mediate, and was offered a bribe by each contending goddess. (See Judgment of Paris.) Paris ultimately awarded the Apple to Aphrodite. This choice was recounted as the legendary start of the Trojan War. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Species Malus domestica Malus sieversii The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. ... Eris is also a genus of jumping spiders. ... Nubian wedding with some international modern touches, near Aswan, Egypt A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated. ... A goddess is a female deity in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic (or gender neutral) deities. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (Greek or ) was the wife and sister of Zeus. ... Athena from the east pediment of the Afea temple in Aegina After a sculpture of Athena at the Louvre. ... Aphrodite (Αφροδίτη, risen from sea-foam) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. ... Paris (also known as Alexander), son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: spelling redirect If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...


The word Kallisti, written on a golden apple, is a principal symbol of Discordianism. Discordianism has been described as both an elaborate joke disguised as a religion and a religion disguised as an elaborate joke. ...


The word is properly spelled in Greek καλλίστῃ (dative of the feminine superlative of καλος, beautiful), but in non-philological texts (such as Discordian ones) it is usually given 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. The dative case is a grammatical case for nouns and/or pronouns. ... In linguistics, grammatical genders, also called noun classes, are classes of nouns reflected in the behavior of associated words; every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be very few which belong to several classes at once (Hockett 1958: 231). ... In grammar the superlative of an adjective or adverb indicates that an entity transcends at least two other entities in some way. ... This page is about the pleasant phenomenon. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... The Principia Discordia is a sacred text of the Discordian religion written by Greg Hill (Malaclypse The Younger) and Kerry Thornley (Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst). ... Loompanics is an American book publisher specializing in nonfiction on generally unconventional or controversial topics, with a philosophy tending to left wing or libertarian. ... This article refers to the real life of Greg Hill. ...


Kallisti (Καλλίστη) is also an ancient name of Santorini. Panoramic view of Thira (Santorini) from Imerovigli to Fira from an approaching ferry. ...


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