Meaning of Apollonian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who is apollonian.
2. One who follows/worships Apollo.
3. A native of Apollonia.
4. A native of the planet Apollo.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Apollonians are creative artists, but while all Apollonians love the arts, there are both creative and business types of Apollonians.”

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

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