What are examples of Apollonian and Dionysian personalities?

In short: Apollonian personality : It is to be in love with truth (knowledge) , real beauty and selflessness. (these words are not a perfectly translated) Dionysian personality: It is to do meditation, to have contact with the spiritual world. read more

Dionysian personality: It is to do meditation, to have contact with the spiritual world. for example, Socrates was Dionysian, in Symposium (book of Plato), it is pointed that Socrates meditated for 24 hours in Potidea before war. he was also Apollonian because he was a friend of knowledge and philosopher, loved real beautiness and was selfless. read more

German philosopher who defined the terms Apollonian and Dionysian: Apollo – God of the Sun (hence truth and light). Dionysus – God of the Earth, of spring and renewal (hence everything that was natural and beyond rational analysis). In terms of drama, Nietzche says the conflict between emotion and reason, between Dionysus and Apollo, led to the great age of Greek Tragedy. read more

Anthropologist Ruth Benedict used the terms to characterize cultures that value restraint and modesty (Apollonian) and ostentatiousness and excess (Dionysian). An example of an Apollonian culture in Benedict's analysis was the Zuñi people as opposed to the Dionysian Kwakiutl people. read more