Friendship in the Classical World
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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Friendship in the Classical World
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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Friendship in the Classical World

Friendship in the Classical World

by David Konstan
Friendship in the Classical World

Friendship in the Classical World

by David Konstan

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521454025
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 02/06/1997
Series: Key Themes in Ancient History
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 6.18(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Archaic Greece; 2. The classical city; 3. The Hellenistic world; 4. Rome; 5. Christian and pagan; Bibliography; Index.
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