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Catamite - Definition and Overview

Catamite is an ancient term for the younger partner in a pederastic-type relationship between two males. The word is derived from the Latin catamitus, itself borrowed from the Etruscan catmite, a corruption of the Greek Ganymedes, the boy who was seduced by Zeus and became his lover and cupbearer in Greek mythology.

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