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Pederasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pederasty in ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Britannica Online Encyclopedia ... Learn more about "pederasty" ... Learn more about "pederasty" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Love and sexual relationships between young men and pubescent boys were accepted in Ancient Greece.
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Pederasty is the erotic relationship between an adult male and a boy, generally one between the ages of twelve and seventeen, in which the older partner is attracted to the younger one who returns his affection. ... Greek Pederasty...
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In the classic and academic sense, pederasty refers to the erotic relationship between an adult male and an adolescent boy. ... Pages in category "Pederasty"
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Pederasty - 3 definitions - n. Refers to a very specific type of male gay love. One male is distinctively older, say 40+. The other male is younger... ... Please note in the US, sex with anyone under 18 in illegal-- so pederasty lies on a thin line legally. Pedophilia, on the otherhand, is sex with a pre-pubescent child...
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Plato was among those who spoke up against the decadence into which traditional Athenian pederasty was sinking. In his early works (the Symposium or in Phaedrus ) he does not question the principles of pederasty, and states, referring to same-sex relationships:
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This lavishly illustrated book brings together, for the first time, all of the different ways in which vase-painting portrays or refers to pederasty, from scenes of courtship, foreplay, and sex, to scenes of Zeus with his boy-love Ganymede, to painted inscriptions praising the beauty of boys.
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1.3.1 Usage notes ... pederasty (uncountable) ... Singular; pederasty...
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