GR translation: Strung Into the Apollonian Dream . . .

[Mark Kohut]

>From many other allusions in his work, Pynchon was heavily influenced--as
were so many modernist authors--by Nietzsche's
strung out elaborations of the Apollonian and Dionysian in *The Birth of
Tragedy.*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Tragedy

"Originally educated as a philologist
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology>, Nietzsche discusses the history
of the tragic form and introduces an intellectual dichotomy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotomy>between the Dionysian and the
Apollonian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_and_Dionysian> (very
loosely: reality as disordered and undifferentiated by forms versus reality
as ordered and differentiated by forms). Nietzsche claims life always
involves a struggle between these two elements, each battling for control
over the existence of humanity. In Nietzsche's words, "Wherever the
Dionysian prevailed, the Apollonian was checked and destroyed.... wherever
the first Dionysian onslaught was successfully withstood, the authority and
majesty of the Delphic god Apollo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo> exhibited
itself as more rigid and menacing than ever." Yet neither side ever
prevails due to each containing the other in an eternal, natural check, or
balance."





On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:54 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Strung up" means to hang by the neck.
>
> "Apollonian"
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_and_Dionysian
>
> In Greek mythology, Apollo and Dionysus are both sons of Zeus. Apollo is
> the god of reason and the rational, while Dionysus is the god of the
> irrational and chaos. The Greeks did not consider the two gods to be
> opposites or rivals, although often the two deities were interlacing by
> nature.
>
> The Apollonian is based on reason and logical thinking. By contrast, the
> Dionysian is based on chaos and appeals to the emotions and instincts. The
> content of all great tragedy is based on the tension created by the
> interplay between these two.
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 7:19 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "strung out" - mid/late 20th C slang for addicted -- figuratively by love
>> or stress, as well as literally by drugs: "strung out on you," "strung out
>> on heroin"
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:04 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 4.  String along...
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:03 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> definition of strung
>>>> *past and past participle of* string
>>>> <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string>
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string>
>>>> Y <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string>ou ask for
>>>> meaning, not definition.  I think associations are more useful.
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Strings of a harp.
>>>> 2.  Bound, tied up.
>>>> 3.  Strum, hum...
>>>>
>>>> Then add Apollonian Dream...
>>>>
>>>> David Morris
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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