02660cam a22003253u 4500 67355 UtSlPG 20260610134544.0 m cr n 260607r20221906utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PN Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929 Ioläus: An Anthology of Friendship Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2022-02-07 Friendship-customs in the pagan and early world -- The place of friendship in Greek life and thought -- Poetry of friendship among the Greeks and Romans -- Friendship in early Christian and mediæval times -- The Renaissance and modern times -- Additions [1906]. Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Ioläus: An Anthology of Friendship" by Edward Carpenter is a collection exploring the concept of friendship, likely written in the early 20th century. The work serves as an anthology, drawing on historical customs and literary examples to illustrate the profound significance attributed to friendship across various cultures and periods. It emphasizes the enduring bonds of camaraderie, particularly focusing on relationships that transcend mere acquaintance to embody deep emotional connections. The opening of the anthology presents a preface by the editor, Edward Carpenter, who notes the often underappreciated role that friendship has played throughout human history. He outlines the book's structure, which intends to track the evolution of friendship customs from primitive cultures through Greek philosophy and poetry, and into early Christian and modern times. Through an examination of various cultural practices and literary citations, the anthology seeks to convey the institution of friendship as a vital aspect of human experience, providing both historical context and philosophical reflections on its importance, notably referencing figures such as Hercules and Ioläus to frame its narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: United Kingdom: Swan, Sonnenschein, 1906 Friendship -- Literary collections https://archive.org/details/iolusanthology00carpuoft https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67355 108177 108177