Eromenos
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eromenos is a noun meaning (Ancient Greece) An adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.
Meaning
(Ancient Greece) An adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.
Example Sentences
In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes) took a teen-aged youth, the eromenos or beloved, to bond with and train before going on at about age thirty to matrimony and fatherhood.
Word Forms
- eromenoi
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include erastes, ephebe, anteros, ephebeion, ephoros, ephorus.
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