Philia

Detail from Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to His Friends by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1868)

Philia (/ˈfɪliə/; from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía)) is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: philia, storge, agape and eros. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection.[1] The complete opposite is called a phobia.