It surely is calling friendship to a very close and petty accounting to require it to keep an exact balance of credits and debits. M. Tullius Cicero. De Amictia. Laelius on friendship. Section 58.
Image: Two girls playing a popular game called ephedrismos in Greek, in which they act the role of goddess of love Aphrodite and her son Eros. One is carrying the other on the back, while trying to use her hands to push over a stone. The winner may look forward to a happy marriage. Earthenware, Corinth, 300 BCE. Photographed at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Dick Osseman (Dosseman).
Image: Two girls playing a popular game called ephedrismos in Greek, in which they act the role of goddess of love Aphrodite and her son Eros. One is carrying the other on the back, while trying to use her hands to push over a stone. The winner may look forward to a happy marriage. Earthenware, Corinth, 300 BCE. Photographed at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Dick Osseman (Dosseman).
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