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This study examines the notion of friendship depicted in the epistolary corpus of Euthymios Malakes who served as bishop of Neai Patrai during the second half of the twelfth century. His letters do not contain solely references to everyday problems, such as the difficulties that his diocesa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2024/0584-98882461163K.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study examines the notion of friendship depicted in the epistolary
corpus of Euthymios Malakes who served as bishop of Neai Patrai during the
second half of the twelfth century. His letters do not contain solely
references to everyday problems, such as the difficulties that his diocesan
floc had to encounter because of the hatred, the rapacity and the insatiable
greed of state tax collectors, but they are also considered as vehicles for
emotions towards his relationship with his friends and peers, either clerics
or laymen. Therefore, the aim of the present article is to highlight
Malakes’ view regarding the notion of friend and to shed light on how his
theory on friendship was influenced by ancient Greek and Christian writings. |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |