Love, Lust & Stoicism

How did the ancient Stoics view love and lust? Were they hopeless romantics or rather cold and distant? Were they pleasure-seekers enjoying polyamory or did they value the duties of marriage?

Cuts, voice, footage, script by Einzelgänger. I used creative commons (links below) and some material from Pixabay (links available upon request).

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Hands: https://www.videvo.net/video/couple-h...
Heracles & Omphale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriag...
The Kiss: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lo...
Erastes: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lo...
Harmony: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lo...
Godward: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lo...
Cupid: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lo...
Cupid (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Garnier: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Rubens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Epictetus: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Epictetus (2): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictet...
Epictetus (3): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...
Jealousy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jealous...
Japanese painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jealous...
Zeno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicis...
Seneca: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lu...
Seneca (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lu...
Rufus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_M...
Baby: https://www.videvo.net/video/mother-h...

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