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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APOLLONIAN; APOLLONIC

APOLLONIAN; APOLLONIC Ap `ol *lo "ni *an, Ap `ol *lon "ic, a.

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Apollonian

Ap ol lo ni an |ˌapəˈlōnēən ˈˌæpəˈˌloʊniən | adjective 1 Greek Mythology of or relating to the god Apollo. 2 of or relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature: the struggle between cold Apollonian categorization and Dionysiac lust and chaos. Compare with Dionysian.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Apollonian

Apollonian |ˌapəˈləʊnɪən | adjective 1 Greek Mythology relating to the god Apollo. 2 relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature. Compare with Dionysiac.