Apollonian
[ ap-uh-loh-nee-uh n ]
/ ˌæp əˈloʊ ni ən /
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adjective
pertaining to the cult of Apollo.
(lowercase) serene, calm, or well-balanced; poised and disciplined.
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I am thus brought face to face with the eternal conflict in art between the Apollonian and the Dionysian principles.
An Autobiography|Igor StravinskyThe two faces of the Greek art he calls the Apollonian and the Dionysian impulses.
Egoists|James HunekerMayburn, folding his slice of bread-and-butter, took her harshness with Apollonian serenity.
The Shadow of Life|Anne Douglas SedgwickArnobius and the fathers of the fourth century generally believed in the Apollonian thaumaturgy and attributed it to magic.
Demonology and Devil-lore|Moncure Daniel Conway
Apollonian
/ (ˌæpəˈləʊnɪən) /
adjective
of or relating to Apollo or the cult of Apollo
(sometimes not capital) (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) denoting or relating to the set of static qualities that encompass form, reason, harmony, sobriety, etc
(often not capital) harmonious; serene; ordered
Compare Dionysian
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Apollonian
1660s, from Apollo (Greek Apollon) + -ian. The Greek adjective was Apollonios. The word also is attested in English as Apollinarian (1753), Apolline (c.1600).
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