eromenos

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Definition von eromenos im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An adolescent boy who was courted by an older man, or was in an erotic relationship with him

In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes) took a teen-aged youth, the eromenos or beloved, to bond with and train before going on at about age thirty to matrimony and fatherhood.

A young man that is pursued sexually by an older man

Etymologie

() From Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος (“beloved”), from εραν (“be in love with”).