Greek god of reason, light, music, prophecy, and medicine — the god associated with Delphi and the Oracle — whose association with order and rational clarity makes him the symbol of the Apollonian principle in Nietzsche's Apollo/Dionysus framework.
Functions in MW as the symbol of the Apollonian principle — rational order, clarity, form, discipline — as opposed to the Dionysian principle of ecstatic energy and chaos — making him the reference point for Nietzsche's cultural diagnosis and a recurring archetype in discussions of balance between reason and passion.
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