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For more details see Pederasty in ancient Greece

In the pederastic tradition of Classical Athens, the eromenos (pl. "eromenoi") was an adolescent boy who was in a love relationship with an adult man, known as the erastes. The relationship was typically of a pedagogical nature and while it was also typically affectionate and passionate it was not necessarily sexual.

Different terms were used in other poleis, such as aites (hearer) in Sparta and kleinos (glorious )and parastathenes (assistant)in Crete.

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