Apollo
God of light, music, poetry, prophecy, and rational order. Apollo represents clarity, harmony, and the Apollonian principle of form and reason. His oracle at Delphi offered cryptic prophecies that shaped Greek history. As god of music and the arts, Apollo led the Muses and embodied aesthetic perfection. His conflict with Dionysus symbolizes the tension between rational order and ecstatic dissolution, a theme central to Nietzsche's philosophy.
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