Friendship in the Classical World

List of contents

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

Summary

This book – the only history of friendship in classical antiquity that exists in English – examines the nature of friendship in Greece and Rome from Homer to the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth century AD.

Product details

• Authors: David Konstan, David (Brown University Konstan
• Assisted by: P. A. Cartledge (Editor), P. D. a. Garnsey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.1997
• EAN: 9780521459983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45998-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Key Themes in Ancient History; Key Themes in Ancient History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology