Talk:Philos

Below text from redundant article - saved here - place elsewhere, or leave alone. -Ste|vertigo 06:56, 27 January 2006 (UTC) -- PHILOS (plural PHILOI) is the old Greek word for friend, and sometimes means amateur etc., even lover.

It enters in the etymology of many modern words, either of Greek origin (often via the Latin) or crafted after Antiquity (as is common in medical and many other jargons), usually beginning with philo- as in philosopher ('truth-lover, i.e. -seeker') or ending in -phile (as in Anglophile, one who likes what relates to England and/or the English language).

However during Hellenism it acquired a very specific use, as a formal rank in aulic titulature, often styled Philos basilikos ('royal/imperial friend') in full.

Philos is known as the "friendly love" and is the love found most common in the world. Differing from Agape and Eros by its lack of severity, Philos is simply the love between two friends or two beings; neither romantic or devouring in nature. Some say Philos is the love that keeps married couples together after the lightning, Eros, dies away.