How beautiful well-kept young men can be. The Athenian pattern (though not the Macedonian, hence Alexander the Great's lifelong love affair with Hephaistion) was for an older man to love a younger. The terms were erastes for the older "dominant" lover, and eromenos (which means the loved one) for the younger. Such a relationship is beautifully described in Mary Renault's The Last of the Wine.
As for me, I don't need to have sex with these guys. I love looking at them though. They are beautiful. Kaloi eisin. I think the Greeks would have agreed.
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