Apollonian

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or relating to the ancient Olympian Greek God Apollo.

   • You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
2. 2

   Of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga.

3. 3

   Pertaining to Apollonia.

   • They speak Aowin [Anyi] but their blood is Apollonian blood.
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   1. 4

      Alternative form of apollonian.

   2. 5

      The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or…

      The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

   3. 6

      One who is apollonian.

   4. 7

      One who follows/worships Apollo.

      • By contrast, Apollonians value reason more than feeling.
      • Apollonians and Dionysians are usually the same people: now sober and serene, now drunk and frenzied.
      • Those of us who were Apollonians had thus a chance to organize a programme. The Dionysians knew what was going to happen to them, but, of course, did not know yet how to cope with it.
   5. 8

      A native of Apollonia.

      • But the Apollonians being soon informed of the thing, caused him to appear without delay before the court of justice; and sentenced him to lose his eyes, for sleeping when he ought to have watched.
      • McIlvaine and colleagues (2014) examined a cemetery at the Greek colony of Apollonia, Albania to assess to what degree interbreeding may have occurred between indigenous Illyrians and colonial Apollonians.
   6. 9

      A native of the planet Apollo.

      • At first, when the Apollonians converged on her, Mary Theresa thought she had made a major mistake by going to the battle.
      • The last person who tried this kind of appeal was actually the new vessel -- an Apollonian, one I knew briefly.
   7. 10

      Clear, harmonious, and restrained.

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• antonymdionysian