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for studying such relationships in ancient literature (a “processual model of
friendship interaction”) to the plays of Plautus increases our understanding of
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Amicitia In Plautus: A Study of Roman Friendship Processes</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Burton, Paul</span> (2004) <xhtml:em>Amicitia In Plautus: A Study of Roman Friendship Processes.</xhtml:em> American Journal of Philology, 125 (2). pp. 209-243. ISSN 1086-3168</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2405/1/125.2burton.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2405/1/125.2burton.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />148Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3101" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ajp/">http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ajp/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Abstract. This article argues that a close reading of friendship practices in the
plays of Plautus, in light of the relevant social science and anthropological literature
on friendship, can help us establish the parameters, discourse, and behaviors
associated with Roman friendship. Application of a new analytical framework
for studying such relationships in ancient literature (a “processual model of
friendship interaction”) to the plays of Plautus increases our understanding of
Roman amicitia in that it marks the relationship as a precious and all too rare
social bond, fraught with paradox and ambivalence, and generative of tensions,
anxieties, and asymmetries.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/220000.html">220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/430000.html">430000 History and Archaeology</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/420000.html">420000 Language and Culture</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2405</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Paul Burton</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">08 Nov 2007 15:20</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2405;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2405">item control page</a></p>
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