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- Archias and Telephus Archias is a semi-legendary personage, the richest man in Corinth and the colonizer of Syracuse in 733 BCE. He left his native city as penance for having caused the death of the boy Actaeon, son of Melissus, with whom he had fallen in love and who had rejected his advances. Gathering his servants, he stormed the boy's house. The family and neighbors resisted and in the altercation Actaeon was torn apart. Telephus is another eromenos of Archias, who once grown up captained a ship to Syracuse and there slew Archias by some subterfuge, to avenge himself for having been taken advantage of as a boy. Philolaus and Diocles of Corinth Philolaus was a memebr of the Bacchiadae, a ruling clan in Corinth, and a nomothete (lawgiver) of Thebes, giving them the adoption laws. His eromenos won the stadion race at the thirteenth Olympic of 728, which at that time only featured that one contest. Diocles was compelled to leave Corinth and go to Thebes, perhaps as a result of being banished. Philolaus followed him, aware of the improper passion that Alcyone, his eromenos' mother, had for him. The two lived out their lives in Thebes, and were buried there together, their tombs across from each other. Gyges and Magnes According to Nicolaus of Damascus, the Lydian tyrant (late 8th c. or early 7th c. ) took as his paidika a handsome youth from Smyrna who was noted for his elegant clothes and fancy korymbos hairstyle, which he bound with a golden band. One day he was singing poetry to the local women, which outraged their male relatives, who grabbed Magnes, stripped him of his clothes and cut off his hair. Anton and Philistus Alternative names for Cleomachus the Pharsalian and his eromenos, Thessalians famous for having helped the Chalcidians in their war against the Eretrians, inspiring the Chalcidians to adopt pederasty after having previously prohibited it, some time between 700 and 650. The tomb of Anton/Cleomachus was prominent in the agora in Chalcis, and a local song was sung in honor of lovers: O boys whom Fate has granted beauty and valliant fathers, Do not refuse to braves the enjoyment of your youth For, together with bravery, gracious Eros Flourishes in the cities of the Chalcidians. Aristodemus and Cratinus Semi-legendary couple, held to have sacrificed themselves to purify Athens of a plague sent by the gods during the 44th olympiad (604-601). The Cretan sage Epimenides had been invited to help rid the Athenians of the curse, which he claimed could only be lifted by means of a blood sacrifice. Cratinus, a handsome adolescent, offered himself willingly, and he was followed by his lover, Aristodemus. The tale was doubted by some in antiquity, and held to be a fiction. Alcaeus of Mytilene and Lycos The contemporary and also the presumed lover of Sappho, Alcaeus wrote pederastic odes to his beloveds, among whom was "the handsome Lycos, with black eyes and hair. " Solon and Peisistratus The law giver was the erastes of the future tyrant, presumably around 590 BCE. Aristotle, however, claims that the story is "mere gossip" and cannot possibly be true due to the large difference in age between the two. Peisistratus and Charmus Later in life, Charmus would name his own son after Peisistratus' second son, Hipparchus, and give his daughter, Myrrhina, in marriage to Hippias, his old erastes' son. Chariton of Agrigentum and Melanippus Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum around 560 BCE, attempted to seduce Melanippus, Chariton's eromenos. The two lovers plotted to avenge themselves by killing Phalaris. Chariton was discovered and tortured to divulge accomplices, but remained silent. Melanippus, to save his friend, presented himself and freely confessed. The tyrant, impressed, set both free, but sent them into exile. About them, the Suda records that "For Chariton and Melanippos breathed together in love. Chariton was the lover, but Melanippos, the beloved, his soul set on fire towards his inspired friend, made known the spur of love with equal honour. " Their valor and love were also celebrated in a Delphic oracle: Blessed were Chariton and Melanippus: They showed mortals the way to a friendship that was divine. Charmus and Hippias After having been the eromenos of the father, Charmus, by now a polemarch, became the erastes of the son, who later also became his son-in-law. In Charmus' honor, a statue of Eros was erected, either by Pisistratus or Hippias, before the entrance of the Akademia, where the runners in the sacred torch race lit their torches. The inscription claimed that Charmus had been the first to dedicate to love, Eros of many devices, Charmus built you this altar Among the shady boundaries of the gymnasium. Prokleides and Hipparchus Prokleides, an important citizen, as behooves the erastes of a ruler's son, also is known for setting up the Hermes Trikephalos, a three-headed road-marker statue, on the Hestia Road. Theognis of Megara and Cyrnus The poet, thought to have lived in the sixth c. BCE, addressed many of his poems to his young beloved, using them to pass on his wisdom to the boy. Polycrates and Smerdies The love of the tyrant of Samos for his Thracian favorite, some time between 535 BCE and 515 BCE, was recorded by the poet Anacreon. Anacreon and Bathyllus Legend has it that while in Samos, Anacreon competed with the tyrant for the love of another beautiful boy, Bathyllus, who is considered the most famous of his beloveds, and whom he celebrated in his poems, such as the following one: O boy, with virgin-glancing eye, I call thee, but thou dost not hear; Thou know'st not how my soul doth cry For thee, its charioteer. Anacreon and Critias Hipparchus invited Anacreon to Athens after the death of Polycrates. There Anacreon took an eromenos, in whose house he lived, and who, in a reversal of the usual roles, wrote love poetry to his erastes. It is not certain which Critias this is, though it has been proposed that it is the same as the eponymous archon. Aristogeiton and Harmodius Heroic couple, later lionized by the Athenian democrats, whose 514 BCE plot to assassinate Hippias was credited with the overthrow of tyranny in Athens.
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