Motif
lasting friendship preferred over passionate attachment
lasting_friendship_preferred_over_passionate_attachment
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Faithful Spouse. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1675-1779 confidence: high
The speaker says favors should go not to those who besiege one with prayer, but to those worthy of love, who remain friends through life and show virtue after youth's charm has passed.
The discourse contrasts the unstable lover with the worthy friend or non-lover who remains beneficial through life.
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