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The criminal offense of unnatural copulation between men. The term pederasty is usually defined as anal intercourse of a man with a boy. Pederasty is a form of Sodomy. See also: sodomy Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Subsequent commentaries on (and works inspired by) Plato's dialogues on love and a Neoplatonic hermeneutic would transform Plato's paiderastia and Ficino's homoerotic pedagogy and spirituality into a Renaissance version of fin'amors (courtly love), one that was resolutely heterosexual and ostensibly offered the possibility of moral and spiritual improvement. Sometimes Jowett tries to translate ancient paiderastia (a type of social contract between an older and a younger man governed by precise laws of conduct) into modern heterosexual terms. McKenna comments: Oscar lived in an age when the only intellectual and historical justification for love and sex between men was the tradition of Greek paiderastia. |
Paiderastia |
Paid When Incurred Paid, Young, and Taking on the World from the Drivers Seat paid-but-unaccrued Paid-Call Firefighter PAID-D Paid-in capital Paid-in capital Paid-In Capital, Surplus paid-in surplus Paid-To Date PAID-U paid-up paid-up Paid-Up Additions Paid-Up Additions Rider Paid-Up Capital Paid-Up Dependent Paid-Up Insurance Paid-Up Policies Paid-up policy Paid-Up Share Capital Paid-Up-Front Paid/No Issue PAIDC PaidClicks Network Paide Paiderastia paideuticsPAIDM PAIDO Paidonomos PAIDS Paidugina PAIE PAIE PAIE PAIE PAIE Paiea Paiea Paiela Paiela Airport Paiella Paiement Automatisé des Cotisations Paiement d'interets Paien Paieon Paieon Paieon Paier PAIEUG PAIF PAIFA Paiforce PAIG PAIGC Paige | ||||||||
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