«And I searched for his soul as my alter ego»: On Himerius 10.86-90
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2012.16.1116Keywords:
Himerius, alter ego, other self, double, friendshipAbstract
In his Oration 10, a προπεμπτικὸς λόγος of meaningful platonic inspiration, Himerius describes his reaction on having known the pupil who now dismisses and affirms that, meeting reflected in him as in a mirror, he looked for his soul as to his «other myself». From there we analyze the different Greek expressions for this idea, which will go on to the later tradition under the Latinism alter ego, and that turns out to be fundamentally linked to the topic of friendship. The meaning of «other myself» connects with the literary motive of the double, which can be developed negatively or positively (where it would be placed the friend as «other myself»). Considering the different expressions for this concept and the different reflections on friendship, we find in this Himerius’s passage, close to Plato's influence, which he himself was seeking, an echo, till now unnoticed, of Aristotle and the proverbs concerning friendship.
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