GR translation: Strung Into the Apollonian Dream . . .

[János Széky]

I also think it's the Nietzschean term. "Strung into" might refer to
Apollo's lute, which may also allude to Blicero's and Gottfried's
homosexual relationship through Caravaggio's famous painting, without
naming it. Somewhere in the first part of he has a similar non-named
reference to Van Gogh.

2016-05-04 14:54 GMT+02:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:

> "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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