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Friendship in the Classical World

By David Konstan

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0521454026, 9780521454025
LCC
BF575.F66 K66 1997
Open Library ID
OL984480M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11525730 bytes)
Series
Key Themes in Ancient History
Pages
220\220
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book is a history of friendship in Greece and Rome, from the warrior society of the Homeric epics to the time of the Christian Roman Empire. It demonstrates how ancient friendship resembles modern conceptions, and how it evolves in different social contexts. The book sheds new light on such questions as friendship and democracy, the importance of friends in government and in philosophical communities, women's friendships, and the transformation of friendship under the influence of Christian ideas of brotherhood.

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