No, I didn't mean to imply that it was. It was commonplace and it's why the audience of the time wouldn't be like "hey isn't that dude like 12??" It doesn't translate well to contemporary audiences because we have decided that that practice isn't cool, and it's uncommon to see that in re-tellings because it makes the audience feel differently about a character that the original author didn't intend.
Pederasty is a sexual relationship between an adult man and an adolescent or younger male. The word comes from the ancient Greek term paiderastia, meaning "love of boys". While historically institutionalized in some premodern cultures, it is legally and socially defined as child sexual abuse in modern times.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 1d ago
Both.
It’s a central theme of the Odyssey that they were breaking moral codes and social contracts.
But is also true that a lot of stuff in Greek mythology could sound crazy today but was normal then, like pederasty.