It is true that paederasty would count for much in lowering character; but it had been common in Greece centuries before the time of Polybius, and had not affected fecundity.
By the time of Plautus, however, the practice of paederasty was much more general, as is clearly proved by the many references which are found in his comedies (Cist.
When that happens, paederasty will become a calamity far more dangerous, more scandalous, than female prostitution, the organisation of which it shares in full.
He uses Juvenal, Tacitus, Suetonius, and the Augustan Histories to support his position, although they form part of the annals of a people among whom "paederasty was accepted and admitted.
With reference to the legal position of these passions in France, he says: "Paederasty is not punished by our laws.
Next he forbade paederasty by law, and he made this law apply not only to those who transgressed it after it had been passed, but even to those who had practised this wickedness long before.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paederasty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
