Example sentences for: apollonian

How can you use “apollonian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Leonardo, the scientific rationalist and inventor, is an Apollonian (his work is owned by, among others, the archrationalist Bill Gates).

  • The Apollonian line begins with Washington Irving, the Dionysian with James Fenimore Cooper.

  • Michelangelo, though he worked principally in the Apollonian medium of marble, expresses a more animalistic violence and passion (work owned by the pope).

  • The Apollonian comes from the Greek god Apollo, the god of light, who was associated with rationality and its subspecialties law, medicine, and philosophy.

  • The Apollonian spirit is one of measure, reason, and control; the Dionysian is one of abandon, irrationality, and ecstatic release.


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