педера́стия pederasty παιδεραστίᾱ pederasty in ancient Greece Athenian pederasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_pederasty Athenian pederasty entailed a formal bond between an adult man and an adolescent boy outside his immediate family, consisting of loving and often sexual relations. As an erotic and educational custom it was initially employed by the upper class as a means of teaching the young and conveying to them important cultural values, such as bravery and restraint.