/lit/ - Literature

Is there a fruitful relationship between Nietzsche's Apollonian/Dionysian dichotomy and Plato's tripartite soul? I feel like there might be, but it's not clear cut.
>Dionysian-->epithymia/eros + thumos... think a cyclical interplay between mother worship and frenzied violence
>Apollonian-->thumos + logos... think willful self-denial for a greater payoff in the future, like an evolutionary force
What it doesn't explain is how the Apollonian aspect of the soul eventually degrades into decadence. Maybe because without a payoff, without rewarding the lower parts of the soul, the rest of the personality rebels, throwing off their shackles and giving up on evolution?

I personally would have a hard time explaining how Apollonian societies, in absence of the Dionysian, reduce themselves to a safe pursuit of pleasure. Pleasure always seems Dionysius-oriented, like what we're going through today. What are your thoughts?