Не уверена в степени историчности, потому как не изучала ни этот вопрос, ни предполагаемый период - да вдобавок в тексте этот самый период обозначен достаточно расплывчато. Но всё равно очень, очень хорошо. Очень правильно. Идея, я имею ввиду. Моя реакция - "вот так и должно быть".
В накоторой степени - в тему степеней отчуждения. Степь-то всё равно одна.
Friendship was considered an essential part of love, whether erotic or platonic. So, love required friendship, but to be friends you had to be equals. <...>
Bear in mind, what today are called friends would have been considered acquaintances then. You didn't have many friends, usually one or two. Of course, a friend in those days thought nothing of rearranging their life and affairs to spend all their time with you. Check your ancient literature and history, although the literature is much more telling. They campaigned together, lived together, adopted each other to settle properties and wealth. Men would rescue a 'brother' over a wife or children. The family could be replaced, so far as they were concerned.
В накоторой степени - в тему степеней отчуждения. Степь-то всё равно одна.
Friendship was considered an essential part of love, whether erotic or platonic. So, love required friendship, but to be friends you had to be equals. <...>
Bear in mind, what today are called friends would have been considered acquaintances then. You didn't have many friends, usually one or two. Of course, a friend in those days thought nothing of rearranging their life and affairs to spend all their time with you. Check your ancient literature and history, although the literature is much more telling. They campaigned together, lived together, adopted each other to settle properties and wealth. Men would rescue a 'brother' over a wife or children. The family could be replaced, so far as they were concerned.
Rhi, "Quarrels of All Kinds" (Aidan-verse)