Strife

Strife may refer to:

In music:

  • Strife (band), a hardcore band from the United States

In mythology:

  • Eris (mythology), in Greek mythology the goddess of discord, whose name means 'strife'
  • Bellona (goddess), Roman counterpart of Eris, and a war goddess
  • Enyalius, a son of Eris and god of strife

In fiction and entertainment:

  • Strife, a play by John Galsworthy, written in 1909
  • Strife (video game), a 1996 computer game
  • Cloud Strife, the main protagonist in the Final Fantasy VII game

Famous quotes containing the word strife:

    “One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.”
    —Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)

    “Our strife pertains to ourselves—to the passing generations of men; and it can, without convulsion, be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “Homer was wrong in saying, “Would that strife might pass away from among gods and men!” He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)