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| | SFGH Greek Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The relationship that was expected to occur by the parents, and both erastes and eromanos, involved the man teaching hunting, warfare, adult male customs, etc., to the boy. |
 | | An integral part of this relationship was anal or intercrural intercourse, with the teacher being the active partner and the student playing the passive role. |
 | | First, in Greek culture, semen contained important spiritual, masculine qualities, such as arete (virtue), power, etc., that would be passed on to the student during the sex act. |
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