Relations of Friendship and Family in Cicero’s Correspondence I Cover Image

Baráti és családi viszonyok Cicero leveleiben I.
Relations of Friendship and Family in Cicero’s Correspondence I

Author(s): Tamás Nótári
Subject(s): History of Law
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Cicero; correspondence; ancient Rome; friendship; political relations; economic relations; Atticus;

Summary/Abstract: In a two-part series of studies, the author examines Cicero’s correspondence to discover how relations of family and friendship are expressed in personal, economic, and political terms. In this first instalment of the series, after a general introduction to Cicero’s correspondence, the author presents the concept of friendship that emerges from it. He then moves on to the presentation of the correspondence between Cicero and Atticus, describing and explaining the main motifs that emerge in it.

  • Issue Year: V/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 107-119
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian
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