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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with [[Mentorship\|mentoring]] and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') originates from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') originates from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') ~~derives~~ from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') originates from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" ~~originates~~), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" originates), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" originates), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	=== Possible beginnings ===		=== Possible beginnings ===
	The ancient Greeks of the [[pederastic]] city-states were the first to describe, study, systematize, and establish pederasty as an institution. The origin of that tradition has been variously explained. One school of thought, articulated by Bernard Sergent, holds that the Greek pederastic model evolved from far older Indo-European rites of passage, which were grounded in a shamanic tradition with roots in the ~~neolithic~~.		The ancient Greeks of the [[pederastic]] city-states were the first to describe, study, systematize, and establish pederasty as an institution. The origin of that tradition has been variously explained. One school of thought, articulated by Bernard Sergent, holds that the Greek pederastic model evolved from far older Indo-European rites of passage, which were grounded in a shamanic tradition with roots in the Neolithic.

	Another explanation, articulated by Anglophone scholars such as [[William Percy]], holds that pederasty was formalized in ancient Crete around 630 BC as a means of population control, together with a delayed age of marriage for men of thirty years.		Another explanation, articulated by Anglophone scholars such as [[William Percy]], holds that pederasty was formalized in ancient Crete around 630 BC as a means of population control, together with a delayed age of marriage for men of thirty years.

	The earliest Greek texts, specifically the works attributed to the Ionian poet Homer, do not overtly document formal pederastic practices. A number of theories attempt to explain that lack. A largely held view is the [[Dorian]] hypothesis first established by K.O. Müller in the 1800s. According to this theory, pederasty was brought in by the Dorian warrior tribes who conquered [[Greece]] around 1200 BC. They settled most of the [[Peloponnese]] along with the islands Crete, Thera, and Rhodes. This forced the Ionian Greeks towards [[Asia Minor]], but left important cities in Attica and Euboea. Another explanation is that the epic style excluded discussion of certain topics, among them pederastic relations. Nevertheless, Homer's works hint at homoerotic relationships obliquely, as in the mentions of the myth of [[Zeus]] and [[Ganymede]] in the ''Iliad'', and the ''Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite''.		The earliest Greek texts, specifically the works attributed to the Ionian poet Homer, do not overtly document formal pederastic practices. A number of theories attempt to explain that lack. A largely held view is the [[Dorian]] hypothesis, first established by K.O. Müller in the 1800s. According to this theory, pederasty was brought in by the Dorian warrior tribes who conquered [[Greece]] around 1200 BC. They settled most of the [[Peloponnese]] along with the islands Crete, Thera, and Rhodes. This forced the Ionian Greeks towards [[Asia Minor]], but left important cities in Attica and Euboea. Another explanation is that the epic style excluded discussion of certain topics, among them pederastic relations. Nevertheless, Homer's works hint at homoerotic relationships obliquely, as in the mentions of the myth of [[Zeus]] and [[Ganymede]] in the ''Iliad'', and the ''Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite''.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek homoerotic poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" originates), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" originates), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek homoerotic poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'', in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek homoerotic poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" originates), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek homoerotic poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'', in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was whether ~~and how~~ to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek homoerotic poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'', in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') ~~derives~~ from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') originates from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were respectively replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the modern term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.

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	'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>		'''Pederasty in ancient Greece''' was a publicly acknowledged practice from Archaic times until the end of Classical antiquity. It consisted in a relationship with mentoring and erotic components between an [[Adolescence\|adolescent]] boy, called the ''[[eromenos]]'' ("beloved"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐρώμενος, pl. ἐρώμενοι, ''eromenoi''), and an adult man outside of his immediate family, known as the ''[[erastes]]'' ("lover"; [[Greece\|Greek]]: ἐραστής, pl. ἐρασταί, ''erastai''), and was constructed as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element of their culture from the time of Homer onwards.<ref>Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 27; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref>

	The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" ~~originates~~), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.		The term "pederasty" (Greek: παιδεραστία, ''paiderastia'') derives from the combination of the words ''pais'' ("boy") and ''erastēs'' ("lover"; cf. ''[[eros]]''). In ancient Greek [[Homoerotic (dictionary)\|homoerotic]] poetry, the noun ''paiderastēs'' and the verb ''paiderastein'' were replaced by ''paidophilēs'' and ''paidophilein'' (synonyms from which the term "[[pedophilia]]" is derived), in order to fit the elegiac metre favored for the genre.<ref>K. J. Dover, ''Greek Homosexuality''; Harvard University Press, 1989; p. 50.</ref> In a wider sense, these words referred to erotic love between adolescent boys and adult men. The Greeks considered it normal for any man to be drawn to the beauty of a boy—just as much if not more than to that of a woman;<ref> Nick Fisher, ''Aeschines: Against Timarchos'', "Introduction", p. 26; Oxford University Press, 2001.</ref> what they disagreed upon was how and whether to express that desire.

	Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.		Pederasty is closely associated with the customs of athletic and artistic nudity in the ''[[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasia]]'', delayed marriage for gentlemen, ''[[Symposium\|symposia]]'' and the seclusion of women.<ref Name=Percy>William Armstrong Percy III, "Reconsiderations about Greek Homosexualities", in ''Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West'', Binghamton, 2005; pp. 47.</ref> It was also integral to Greek military training, and an important factor in the deployment of troops.