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Carter goes on to point out that these passages were in reference to pederasty, which would today be rightly identified as child molestation.

Scholars have debated the role or extent of pederasty, which is likely to have varied according to local custom and individual inclination.

In parts of Greece, pederasty was an acceptable form of homoeroticism that had other, less socially accepted manifestations, such as the sexual use of slaves or being a pornos (prostitute) or hetairos (the male equivalent of a [book|titleGreek Homosexuality|urlhttps://archive.

Cretan pederasty as a social institution seems to have been grounded in an initiation which involved abduction.

In general, pederasty as described in the Greek literary sources is an institution reserved for free citizens, perhaps to be regarded as a dyadic mentorship: "pederasty was widely accepted in Greece as part of a male's coming-of-age, even if its function is still widely debated.

The Greek practice of pederasty came suddenly into prominence at the end of the Archaic period of Greek history; there is a brass plaque from Crete, about 650–625 BCE, which is the oldest surviving representation of pederastic custom.

The English word "pederasty" in present-day usage might imply the abuse of minors in certain jurisdictions, but Athenian law, for instance, recognized both consent and age as factors in regulating sexual behavior.

The influence of pederasty on Greek culture of these periods was so pervasive that it has been called "the principal cultural model for free relationships between citizens.