Of Aristocrats and Courtesans: Seneca, De Beneficiis 1.14

Fear, Trevor (2007). Of Aristocrats and Courtesans: Seneca, De Beneficiis 1.14. Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische philologie, 135(4) pp. 460–468.

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Abstract

Using Seneca's analogy of the prostitute as a positive model for the distribution of beneficia as a springboard, this article re-examines the tension between the ideals and practices of the exchange mechanisms of amicitia amongst Rome'e elite.

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