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[[File:Martialis.png|thumb|center|Marcus Valerius Martialis, known as Martial (c. 38/41–102/104 AD).]] 


From <i>Epigrams</i> (Latin: <i>Epigrammata</i>, c. 86–103 AD), Book 11, by Martial, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey, Volume 3, <i>Loeb Classical Library</i> (London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1993). Footnotes omitted.

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That you rub snow-white Galaesus’ soft kisses with your hard mouth, that you lie with naked [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]]—it’s too much, who denies it? But let it be enough. Refrain at least from [[Masturbation|stirring their groins with your fornicating hand]]. Where smooth boys are concerned, the hand is a worse offender than the cock; the fingers make and precipitate manhood. Hence come the goat and rapid hairs and a beard to make a mother marvel, hence baths in broad daylight displease. Nature divided the male: one part was created for girls, one for men. [[Anal intercourse|Use your part]].
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[[File:Gaston Goor - Eros with bow blowing bubbles.png|thumb|center|<i>[[Eros (mythology)|Eros]] with bow blowing bubbles</i> (1958) by [[Gaston Goor]].]] 

==See also==
*[[Adult friend (dictionary)]]
*[[Age of attraction (dictionary)]]
*[[Boylove]]
*[[Catamite]]
*[[Ephebophilia]]
*[[Historical boylove relationships in ancient Rome]]
*[[Loved boy (dictionary)]]
*[[Minor-attracted person (dictionary)]]
*[[Pederasty]]
*[[Pedophilia]]
*[[Young friend (dictionary)]]

==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/martialepigrams02martiala/page/255/ Martial epigrams (Internet Archive)]

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