NIErZSCHEfoundinclassicalAtheniantragedyanartformthattranscendedthepessimismandnihilismofafundamentallymeaninglessworld.NietzschediscussesthehistoryofthetragicformandintroducesanintellectualdichotomybetweentheDionysianandtheApollonian.Nietzscheclaimslifealwaysinvolvesastrugglebetweenthesetwoelements，eachbattlingforcontrolovertheexistenceofhumanity.TwilightoftheIdolswaswritteninjustoveraweek.AsNietzsche'sfameandpopularitywasspreadingbothinsideandoutsideGermany，hefeltthatheneededatextthatwasashortintroductiontohiswork;TwilightoftheIdolsishisattemptatthis，