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>He sure talks a lot about the defilement of sex with boys for it to be a hallucination
Yeah, you didn't comprehend the text. Reading primary sources isn't for you, you should stick to reading regurgitated materials for the masses.
In summation, Greek pederasty, like other Greek social practices, is unfortunately not as well documented as we wish, but most scholars agree on the basis of surviving evidence that it was a widespread, normalized practice which played an important role in many Greek cities, being an institutionalized practice in many. Furthermore, it was considered normative for Greek men to feel attraction towards boys, in sharp contrast to modern Western views of such attractions as pathological.
Two highly regarded books on the subject written by scholars are Greek Homosexuality by Kenneth Dover (described on Wikipedia):
>The conclusions drawn are that the Greeks regarded homosexuality in general to be natural, normal, and salutary, and their actual practices were circumscribed by cultural norms. In the case of the ancient Greeks – specifically the Athenians – the book claims that the sexual roles of the lovers were sharply polarized.
And Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece by William Armstrong Percy.
For a sourcebook (although not exhaustive) about Greek/Roman homosexuality, acquire Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents, edited by Thomas K. Hubbard.
The fact that pederasty was not only practiced, but regarded positively among a race of people as noble as the Hellenes, offers compelling counterevidence to the modern Western notions that sexual relations between men are corruptive, traumatic, and aversive. For an introductory article on the topic of pederasty, read Pederasty: An Integration of Empirical, Historical, Sociological, Cross-Cultural, Cross-Species, and Evolutionary Evidence and Perspectives By Bruce Rind, published in Censoring Sex Research edited by Thomas K. Hubbard.
