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Apollonian, a. and n.|æpəˈləʊnɪən|
[f. L. Apollōni-us, a. Gr. ἀπολλώνι-ος of Apollo; also pr. name + -ian]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the characteristics of Apollo, the sun-god of the Greeks and Romans, the patron of music and poetry.
1663Gerbier Counsel B vj a, To destroy the very foundation of it; partly on pretence that..the string of an Apollonian-like harp did not sound pleasing to their ears. a1822Shelley Hymn to Merc. lxiii, Every Apollonian limb Is clothed with speed, and might, and manliness.
2. Of Apollonius of Perga, a famous Greek geometer and investigator of conic sections.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Hyperbola, The Apollonian Hyperbola is..the Hyperbola of the first kind; thus called in contradistinction to the hyperbolas of the higher kinds. 1798Atwood in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 208 The Apollonian or conic parabola.
B. n. A worshipper or follower of Apollo; one having the characteristics of Apollo (opp. Dionysian).
1925Chesterton Everl. Man. ii. v. 274 There would still be intelligent Apollonians apparently worshipping the sun-god. 1936G. B. Shaw Millionairess Pref. 120 The Teutons and Latins, the Apollonians and Dionysians. |