apollonian
Collocations
3VERB + APOLLONIAN
power
APOLLONIAN + NOUN
apollo, nose
PREP.
after
Definitions
adj
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.
The forces of nature is a major theme embodied in the two main goddess characters. The "northern woman" is Appollonian ^([sic]) in her nature — cold, reserved, quiet, identified with the moon; the "southern woman" is Dionysian — passionate, a sun goddess.
Of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga.
Pertaining to Apollonia.
They speak Aowin [Anyi] but their blood is Apollonian blood.
Alternative form of apollonian.
The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
noun
One who is apollonian.
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.
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.
Another clause in the rules of conduct drawn up for defeated Appolonia virtually transferred jurisdiction to Maclean: by it, he invited 'every Appolonian who may be oppressed or injured wither [i.e. whether] by Quacoe Accah [Kwaku Akkah, the King] or any other chief ... to make his complaint to the governor of Cape Coast
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.
adj
Clear, harmonious, and restrained.
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6You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
WiktionaryThe forces of nature is a major theme embodied in the two main goddess characters. The "northern woman" is Appollonian ^([sic]) in her nature — cold, reserved, quiet, identified with the moon; the "so
WiktionaryMarty and I often discussed the choice we all have in controlling our cognition. We referred to harnessing this power as "the Apollonian state", after Apollo, the Greek god of the sun and light and tr
WiktionaryBy contrast, Apollonians value reason more than feeling.
WiktionaryApollonians and Dionysians are usually the same people: now sober and serene, now drunk and frenzied.
WiktionaryThose 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.
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