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 demonstrate

Charts the stages of the history of friendship as a philosophical concept in the Western world. Focusing on Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics and Epicureans, and

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-abso

A comprehensive study of friendship in ancient Rome attentive to gender and social status, language and the commemoration of the dead.

Today, friendship, love and sexuality are mostly viewed as private, personal and informal relations. In the mediaeval and early modern period, just like in anci