erastes
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛˈɹæsteɪs/
erastes (plural erastai)
- (historical) An adult man in Ancient Greece who courted or was in a pederastic relationship with an adolescent boy, who was called an eromenos.
- 2002, Stephen O Murray, Pacific Homosexualities (iUniverse 2002, p. 80)
- In regard to the boys (erōmenos) involved in ancient Greek pederasty, Dover (1978:52) asked: “What does the eromenos get out of submission to his erastēs?”
- 2002, Stephen O Murray, Pacific Homosexualities (iUniverse 2002, p. 80)
- French: éraste
- German: Erastes
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