GR translation: Strung Into the Apollonian Dream . . .

[Mike Jing]

I think I've got it.  Thanks, everyone.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:28 PM, János Széky <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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