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19 lug 2018 · This book is about love in the classical world – not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, but which may also be extended to include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply.
It is easy to think of love in purely romantic terms, but the theme of love occurs in a variety of contexts in Greek and Roman thought. From cosmological speculation on the structure of the universe to medical theories of the emotions, from philosophical investigations into the nature of friendship to poetic accounts of the birth of the gods ...
The Aphrodite of Knidos is one famous depiction of the goddess of love, and was made by the sculptor Praxiteles in the 4th Century B.C.E. It is the first large nude statue of a female...
- Rome
- Egypt
- Greece
- Mesopotamia
In ancient Rome, spouses were not expected to love each other in the romantic sense most people expect to love their partners today. Similar to other societies at the time, they had arranged marriages to keep the family line going. Marriages were a contract meant to improve an individual’s wealth and status. Though there were some exceptions, men h...
In ancient Egypt, devotion and love went hand in hand. Love was also a concept associated with the afterlife. Although arranged marriages existed, there are stories of people in ancient Egypt marrying for romantic love. Traditionally, in ancient Egypt society, a couple would get married to show their loyalty to one another. Both people in the marri...
Today people use the word love for a variety of things from their feelings towards their partner to a new shirt. While English does not distinguish between different types of love, the ancient Greeks did. The Greeks used specific words for different types of love. The Greekshad six different words in place of the English word love. Eros described s...
Ancient Mesopotamia society took place in what is today known as Iraq. Because of the security of marriage, ancient Mesoptami held marriage and love in high esteem. Arranged marriages were normal as were bridal auctions. Marriage was a legal contract between two families, rather than a romantic ceremony. Children, not romantic fantasy, were the goa...
Love in the Ancient World: Directed by Christopher Miles. With Kathleen Turner, John Julius Norwich, Fanis Adamopoulos, Theophanis Adamopoulos. Since the beginning of recorded history the human race has tried, with varying degrees of success, to keep its erotic impulses in check.
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- Biography, Romance
- Christopher Miles
- Christopher Miles
Thus, each period in history offers a prevailing concept of love: in ancient, pre-Socratic times, we have Empedocles’ Love (Philotes) and Strife (Neikos); in Socratic times, Plato’s Eros and Aristotle’s Philia; in the middle ages, St. Paul’s Agape and St. Augustine’s Caritas; in the Renaissance, Rousseau’s notion of a modern ...
1 lug 2024 · Did people in Ancient Rome and Greece love the same way we do? Perhaps even more hopelessly. Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in SHAPS, explores ancient love stories in this article, republished from The Conversation.
