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Philia

Philia meaning

friendship | liking | a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

Example sentences (18)

Philia weds Hero; Pseudolus gets his freedom and the lovely courtesan Gymnasia; Gloriosus receives twin courtesans to replace Philia; and Erronius is reunited with his children.

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By offering to isolate her in Senex's house, he is able to give Philia and Hero some time alone together, and the two fall in love.

Christians will often use the Septuagint to make distinctions between the types of love: philia for brotherly, eros for romantic and agape for self-sacrificing love.

Hero confides in Pseudolus that he is in love with the lovely Philia, one of the courtesans in the House of Lycus (albeit still a virgin).

Hysterium arrives to this confusion, and tells Senex that Philia is the new maid that he has hired.

Meanwhile, the courtesans from the house of Marcus Lycus who had been recruited as mourners at "Philia"'s ersatz funeral have escaped, and Lycus sends his eunuchs out to bring them all back, adding to the general pandemonium.

Philia comes out of the house, and, thinking that Senex is the Captain, offers herself up to him.

Philia is motivated by practical reasons; one or both of the parties benefit from the relationship.

Philia's betrothal to the Captain is obviously nullified by the unexpected revelation that he's her brother.

Pseudolus comes up with a plan to slip Philia a sleeping potion that will render her unconscious.

Pseudolus convinces Hysterium to help him by dressing in drag and pretending to be Philia, "dead" from the plague.

Pseudolus offers to impersonate Lycus and talk his way out of the mess but, his ingenuity flagging, he ends up merely telling the Captain that Philia has disappeared, and that he, "Lycus," will set out in search of her.

Pseudolus promises to help him win Philia's love in exchange for his own freedom.

She disguises herself in virginal white robes and a veil (much like Philia's) to try to catch Senex being unfaithful.

Surprised but game, Senex instructs Philia to wait in the house for him, and she does.

The word is from the Greek haima αἷμα 'blood' and philia φιλία 'love'. citation Signs and symptoms Characteristic symptoms vary with severity.