Editing Eromenos (section)

{{short description|Subordinate partner in homosexual relationship}}
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[[File:Kiss Briseis Painter Louvre G278 full.jpg|thumb|Erastes (lover) and eromenos (beloved) kissing. Tondo of an [[Classical Athens|Attic]] [[Red-figure pottery|red-figured]] cup, ca. 480 [[Common Era|BCE]]. [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]]]]
In ancient Greece, an '''''eromenos''''' was the younger and passive (or 'receptive') partner in a [[male homosexual]] relationship. The partner of an ''eromenos'' was the ''erastes'', the older and active partner. The ''eromenos'' was often depicted as beautiful, beardless and more youthful-looking than the ''erastes''.