In ancient Greece, an eromenos was the younger partner in a formalized relationship of mentorship and love between an older man (the erastes) and an adolescent male. == Terminology == Erômenos (ἐρώμενος) means 'one who is sexually desired' in Greek language and is the past participle of the verb eramai, to have sexual desire.
In ancient Greece, an eromenos was the younger partner in a formalized relationship of mentorship and love between an older man (the erastes) and an adolescent male. == Terminology == Erômenos (ἐρώμενος) means 'one who is sexually desired' in Greek language and is the past participle of the verb eramai, to have sexual desire.
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