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	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_Ancient_Greece Pederasty in ancient Greece (Wikipedia)]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_Ancient_Greece Pederasty in ancient Greece (Wikipedia)]
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	In '''ancient Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an adolescent boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.		In '''ancient Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.

	==Courtship==		==Courtship==

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	Pederasty as an institution in ancient Greek society assisted in forming strong life-long bonds between the ''erastes'' and ''eromenos'', who often would go into battle together. It served as a type of apprenticeship where the adult male was expected to teach the young man or to provide for his education, and to give him certain appropriate ceremonial gifts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty#The_Greeks Pederasty (Wikipedia)]</ref> The adult lover would assist in the process of the acculturation and integration of the youth into adult life. Pederastic myths often depict the process of initiation and transformation of the boy into adult male life<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyparissus Cyparissus (Wikipedia)]</ref> through the allegorical "death and transfiguration" of the youth, signifying that he was no longer a boy but a free adult ready to enter into the rank, responsibility, and privilege of adult society.		Pederasty as an institution in ancient Greek society assisted in forming strong life-long bonds between the ''erastes'' and ''eromenos'', who often would go into battle together. It served as a type of apprenticeship where the adult male was expected to teach the young man or to provide for his education, and to give him certain appropriate ceremonial gifts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty#The_Greeks Pederasty (Wikipedia)]</ref> The adult lover would assist in the process of the acculturation and integration of the youth into adult life. Pederastic myths often depict the process of initiation and transformation of the boy into adult male life<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyparissus Cyparissus (Wikipedia)]</ref> through the allegorical "death and transfiguration" of the youth, signifying that he was no longer a boy but a free adult ready to enter into the rank, responsibility, and privilege of adult society.

	== Sexual ~~Practices~~ ==		== Sexual practices ==
	[[File:Pederastic erotic scene.jpg\|thumb\|275px\|left\|Pederastic erotic scene: Intercrural sex between a teenager and a young man. Fragment of an Attic black-figure cup, c. 550–525 BC. Paris, Musée du Louvre, F 85 Bis.]]		[[File:Pederastic erotic scene.jpg\|thumb\|275px\|left\|Pederastic erotic scene: Intercrural sex between a teenager and a young man. Fragment of an Attic black-figure cup, c. 550–525 BC. Paris, Musée du Louvre, F 85 Bis.]]

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	Typically, after their sexual relationship had ended and the young man had married, the older man and his protégé would remain on close terms throughout their life.		Typically, after their sexual relationship had ended and the young man had married, the older man and his protégé would remain on close terms throughout their life.

	== Social ~~Aspects~~ ==		== Social aspects ==
	[[Pederasty]] was the idealized form of an age-structured homoeroticism that had other, less idealized manifestations, such as prostitution or the sexual use of slave boys. Paying free youths for sex was prohibited. Free youths who did behave as prostitutes and sold their favors, outside of the socially sanctioned gifts, were ridiculed, and later in life might be prohibited from performing certain official functions.		[[Pederasty]] was the idealized form of an age-structured homoeroticism that had other, less idealized manifestations, such as prostitution or the sexual use of slave boys. Paying free youths for sex was prohibited. Free youths who did behave as prostitutes and sold their favors, outside of the socially sanctioned gifts, were ridiculed, and later in life might be prohibited from performing certain official functions.

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	In '''~~Ancient~~ Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an adolescent boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.		In '''ancient Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an adolescent boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.

	==Courtship==		==Courtship==

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	The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the ''palaestra'', the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.		The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the ''palaestra'', the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.

	In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At the end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox, and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.		In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At the end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.

	Copulation with the ''erastes'' was a choice the boy could make; it was not required.		Copulation with the ''erastes'' was a choice the boy could make; it was not required.

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	The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the ''palaestra'', the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.		The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the ''palaestra'', the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.

	In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At ~~this~~ end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox, and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.		In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At the end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox, and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.

	Copulation with the ''erastes'' was a choice the boy could make; it was not required.		Copulation with the ''erastes'' was a choice the boy could make; it was not required.

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	According to Aeschines, Athenian fathers would pray that their sons would be handsome and attractive, with the full knowledge that they would then attract the attention of men and "be the objects of fights because of erotic passions".		According to Aeschines, Athenian fathers would pray that their sons would be handsome and attractive, with the full knowledge that they would then attract the attention of men and "be the objects of fights because of erotic passions".

	The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the palaestra, the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.		The most common place where men would go to meet boys was the ''[[palaestra]]'' (the Greek word for their version of a gymnasium), where the former watched the latter exercising. This being the case, only leisured aristocrats with time on their hands probably really engaged in homosexual affairs. Once a man had selected a boy from the ''palaestra'', the next step would be to take him to the ''andreion'', a sort of men's club or meeting hall.

	In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At this end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox, and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.		In Crete, in order for the suitor, known as ''philetor'', to carry out a ritual abduction, the youth's father had to approve him as worthy of the honor. The ''philetor'' went away with the adolescent for two months into the countryside, where they hunted and feasted. At this end of this time, the ''philetor'' presented the youth with three contractually required gifts: military attire, an ox, and a drinking cup. Other costly gifts followed.

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	In '''Ancient Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an adolescent boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, eromenoi). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.		In '''Ancient Greece''', boylove traditionally took the form of a relationship with educational and erotic components between an adult man, called the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and an adolescent boy, kwown as the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''). Homosexual relationships with youths who had entered adulthood (signaled by the growth of a beard) were commonly disapproved.

	==Courtship==		==Courtship==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[~~Symposium~~]]		*[[Cretan pederasty]]
	*[[Ganymede (mythology)]]		*[[Ganymede (mythology)]]
	*[[Hyacinth (mythology)]]		*[[Hyacinth (mythology)]]
	*[[~~Ancient Crete~~]]		*[[Symposium]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==