[ noun ] sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) <noun.act>
Pederasty \Ped"er*as`ty\, n. [Gr. paiderasti`a: cf. F. p['e]d['e]rastie.] The crime against nature; sodomy.
Ktesilaos and Theano gaze at each other with unfathomable gestures, although the temptation is to read it as an image of devoted married love. Meanwhile, scholars continue to wrangle over what exactly was the nature of Greek pederasty.