History

• General
  • Introduction to general issues
  • Pederasty - Bruce Rind (pdf)
  • The Earliest Pederast by Rossman
  • Why Boy-love? by Arthur Johnson
  • Pederasty amongst primates
    • Monkey pederasty by G.V. Hamilton
    • Rhesus macaque pederasty by Kempf
    • The Social Life of Monkeys and Apes by Solomon Zuckerman, 1932
    • Free Ranging Monkeys by Carpenter
    • Mountain Gorillas, 1987
    • Japanese Macaques by Leca et al., 2014
  • Hebephilia - Bruce Rind (pdf)
  • Socratic Love by Voltaire, 1764
  • Paederasty by Jmy. Bentham, 1785
  • Pederasty by Sir Ric. Burton, 1886
  • Tradtional Sea-Bathing, 1882
  • Boys for Sale - Drew & Drake, 1969
  • The Future of Boy Prostitution, 1969
  • Afterthoughts on Boys for Sale, 1969
  • Sexual Experience between Men and Boys by Rossman
    • Introduction
    • Dimensions of a Complex Problem
      • Introduction
      • How Many Pederasts Are There?
      • Expanding the Definition Process
      • A Continuum of Behavior Types
      • Substitute Pederasty
      • Paiderastia: The Tutor in Sex
      • The Sports Comrade
      • The Adventurer
      • Sensuous Pederasty: The Sport of Kings
      • Viciously Exploitive Pederasty
      • Fantasy and Fetish Pederasty
      • Concluding Observations
    • Rings, Subcultures and the Underground
    • Why Do They?
      • Introduction
      • Genetic Basis for Pederasty?
      • Physiological Basis of Pederasty
      • Oral/Anal Fixation
      • Fixation at Early Adolescence
      • Socially Produced Neurosis
      • Seduction by Other Boys
      • Fantasy Interpretation of Experience: Self-seduction
      • The Seductive Lure of New Experience
      • The Lure of Affection
      • Lure of Erotic Pleasure
      • Negative Motivation: Who Cares?
      • Criminal Motivation: Rage
      • Some Concluding Observations
    • The Uses of History
      • Introduction
      • Pederasty in the Non-Christian World
      • Pederasty à la Mode
      • The Western Underground
      • Some Concluding Observations
    • The Impact of Other Cultures - Introduction
    • The Impact of Other Cultures - Conclusions
    • The Response to Community Censure
    • Impact of Conscience: Morals and Religion by Rossman
    • Identity and Self-Understanding
    • Definitions
    • Bibliography
  • On Nudity and Sexual Shame by Eduard Brongersma, 1984
  • Loving Boys by Edward Brongersma
    • Introduction and contents
    • Author's Preface
    • 1. Why Sex?
    • 2. Adult Lovers
      • Sexual Variety in Men
      • Attraction to Children
      • Boy-Love and Pseudo Boy-Love
      • Boy-Love and People with Different Orientations
      • History and Ethnology of Boy-Love
      • Boy-Lovers in Relation to Women
      • Variety in Age Preferences
      • Lasting Friendships and Casual Meetings
      • Absence of Reliable Research
      • Personality Traits of Boy-Lovers
      • Origins of Boy-Love
      • The Number of Boy-Lovers
    • 3. Boys & their Sexuality introduced
    • 3. Physical Maturity
      • Growth of Genitals
      • Ejaculation
    • 3. Psychosexual Development
      • Elements of Cognition
      • Importance of Puberty
    • 3. The Experience of Maturation
      • Penis Size
      • Erections
      • Ejaculations and Wet Dreams
      • Orgasm
      • The Bloom of Youth
    • 3. Rites of Initiation
      • In Ethnology
      • Circumcision
      • In Western Society
    • 3. The Beginning of Sexual Relations
    • 3. Masturbation
      • Introduction
      • Deterrence
      • Guilt Feelings
      • Fantasies, Methods & Frequency
    • 6. Sexuality and Eroticism
      • Hand Techniques
      • Interfemoral intercourse
      • Sexual Activity with the Mouth
      • Anal Intercourse
    • Bibliography
  • J. Darling in the Third World, 1980s
    • Foreigners & local boys, 1982
    • It's Okay to Say Yes
  • Vogel, Wolf - Secret Love
    • Introduction to Secret Love
    • As Old as Our Civilization
    • Child Sexuality and the Law
    • Youth Sexuality in Tension Between Desire and Dread
    • Sexual Morality is Anti-Child
    • Bibliography
• Antiquity
  • Introduction to Antiquity
  • Topics compiled from two or more ancient sources
    • Ancient Persia
    • Ancient Crete
    • Ancient Sparta
    • Ancient Carthage
    • Ancient Rome
      • The Outrage by Papirius, 326/5 BC
      • The impeachment of Capitolinus
      • The disgrace of L. Quinctius Flaminius, 184 BC
      • On the increased interest of young Romans in pretty boys, 167-161 BC
      • The killing of Gaius Lusius, 104 BC
      • Domitian and Earinus, ca. AD 82-94
      • Glaucias and Melior, AD 90
      • The Roman Emperor Trajan
      • Hadrian and Antinous
    • Ancient Celts
    • Ancient Germany
    • The Metamorphosis of Kyparissos
    • The Metamorphosis of Hyakinthos
    • On dolphins as boy-lovers
    • Solon (ca. 639-559 BC)
    • Harmodios & Aristogeiton, 514 BC
    • Sophokles as a boy-lover
    • The death of Archelaos of Macedon
    • Philip II King of the Macedonians
    • Agathokles King of Sicily
  • Ancient authors A-F
    • Aelian
      • On the Nature of Animals II
      • On the Nature of Animals VI 15
    • Aristotle
      • Athenian Constitution I-XVII 2a
      • Athenian Constitution XVII 2b - end
      • Politics I 1 - II 6
      • Politics II 7
      • Politics II 8 - V 8 xi
      • Politics V 8 xi-xiv
      • Politics V 8 xv - end
    • Arrian - Anabasis of Alexander
    • Augustan History
      • Hadrian
      • Verus to Diadumenianus
      • Antoninus Heliogabalus
      • Alexander Severus to Carinus
    • The Book of the Laws of Countries
    • Cassius Dio - Roman History
      • I-L: -31BC
      • LI-LXV: 31 BC - AD 69
      • LXVI-LXVIII 4: AD 69-98
      • LXVIII 5-end: 98-117
      • LXIX: 117-138
      • LXX-LXXIX: 138-218
      • LXXX: 218-229 (end)
    • Cicero
      • For Milo
      • On the Republic
      • [Pseudo] Invective against Sallust
    • Curtius Rufus - Alexander the Great
    • Diodoros - The Library of History
      • I-IV
      • V
      • VI-IX
      • X-XII
      • XIII
      • XIV-XV
      • XVI
      • XVII-XVIII
      • XIX-XXI
      • XXII-XXX
      • XXXI
      • XXXII-XXXVI
      • XXXVII-end
    • Diogenes Laertios - Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
    • Dionysios of Halikarnassos
      • Roman Antiquities XVI 5
  • Ancient authors G-L
    • Gellius - Attic Nights VI
    • The Greek Anthology
      • Alkaios
      • Antipatros of Sidon
      • Asklepiades
      • Dioskourides
      • Kallimachos
      • Leonidas of Tarentum
      • Meleagros
      • Plato the philosopher
      • Rhianos
      • Simonides
      • Statilius Flaccus
      • Straton
      • Miscellaneous poems in The Garland of Meleagros
      • Anonymous poems in The Garland of Meleagros
      • Miscellaneous poems in The Garland of Philip
      • Miscellaneous poems of the imperial Roman era
    • Herodian - History of the Empire
    • Herodotos - The Histories
      • I
      • II-end
    • Julian - The Caesars
    • Justin - Epitome of Trogus
      • I-IX
      • X-XXI
      • XXII
      • XXIII-end
    • Kallimachos of Cyrene
      • Aitia
      • Epigrams
      • Fragments of uncertain location
      • Hymns
      • Lyric Poems
    • Livy - History of Rome
      • I to XX
      • XXI
      • XXII-XXXIX 41
      • XXXIX 42-summary
      • XL-end
    • Lucian
      • Dialogues of the Gods I-II, XIV-end
      • Dialogues of the Gods III-XIII
      • The Judgement of the Goddesses by Lucian
      • Dialogues of the Dead
    • Lucretius - On the Nature of Things
  • Ancient authors M-P
    • Martial
      • The Xenia
      • The Apophoreta
      • Epigrams I
      • Epigrams II
      • Epigrams III
      • Epigrams IV
      • Epigrams V
      • Epigrams VI 1-27
      • Epigrams VI 28-29
      • Epigrams VI 30-end
      • Epigrams VII
      • Epigrams VIII
      • Epigrams IX 1-10
      • Epigrams IX 11-17
      • Epigrams IX 18-35
      • Epigrams IX 36
      • Epigrams IX 37-end
      • Epigrams X
      • Epigrams XI
      • Epigrams XII
    • Nepos, Cornelius - Hamilcar
    • On the Alexandrine War, 48-47 BC
    • Oppian - Halieutika V
    • Ovid - Metamorphoses X 85-142
    • Parthenios - Sufferings in Love
    • Petronius - The Pergamene Boy
    • Philon
      • Whether Animals Reason 67-end
    • Plato
      • The Symposium
      • The Phaidros
    • Pliny the elder - Natural History IX
    • Pliny the younger - Letters IX-end
    • Plutarch - Lives
      • Agesilaos
      • Agis and Kleomenes
      • Alexander
      • Alkibiades
      • Antony
      • Aristeides
      • Cato the Younger
      • Demetrios
      • Gaius Marius
      • Galba
      • Kimon
      • Lykourgos
      • Marcellus
      • Marcus Cato
      • Pelopidas
      • Perikles
      • Pyrrhos
      • Sertorius
      • Solon
      • Sulla
      • Themistokles
      • Titus Flaminius
    • Plutarch - Moralia
      • Sayings of Romans
      • Love Stories
      • Land or Sea Animals 984-end
    • Polyainos - Stratagems V
    • Polybios - The Histories
      • I-XI
      • XII
      • XIII-XXX
      • XXXI-end
  • Ancient authors R-Z
    • Sallust - The War with Catiline
    • Statius
      • Silvae II Preface i-xix
      • Silvae II Preface xx-xxiii
      • Silvae II Preface xxiv-5
      • Silvae II 6-end
      • Silvae III
    • Strabon - Geography IV
    • The Style of Life & Manners of the Emperors
    • Suetonius
      • Lives of Illustrious Men
      • The Twelve Caesars
    • Tacitus
      • The Annals and Histories
      • The Germania
    • Valerius Maximus
      • Memorable Doings and Sayings IV
      • Memorable Doings and Sayings VI 1 vii-viii
      • Memorable Doings and Sayings VI 1 ix
      • Memorable Doings and Sayings VI 1 xii-VII
    • Victor, Aurelius - On the Caesars
    • Virgil - The Aeneid
    • Xenophon
      • Agesilaos
      • Anabasis
      • Constitution of the Lakedaimonians
      • Hellenika
      • Hieron
  • Modern Studies
    • A Problem in Greek Ethics by John Addington Symonds (pdf)
    • Did the Greeks Pedicate their Loved Boys?
    • Pursuit and Flight by Sir Kenneth Dover
    • Fighting Cock in Greek Pederasty
    • The Greek Experiment by Parker Rossman
    • David and Jonathan by D. H. Mader
    • The Entimos Pais of Matthew & Luke
    • Boys for Sale - Ancient Times
    • Roman Sex Exploitation by Rossman
    • The Judeo-Christian Reaction by Parker Rossman
    • Thoughts on a bowl from Pompeii
    • The hidden erotic meaning of one of Straton's poems
• Europe, 5th-17th centuries
  • Introduction to Europe AD 381-1662
  • The Laws of the Christian Roman Emperors
  • The Secret History by Prokopios
  • Byzantine Poems in The Greek Anthology
  • Ganymede and Hebe, 13th century
  • Alcibiades the Schoolboy
    • English Translation
    • Introduction
    • French Preface
  • Lithgow's 19 Yeares Travayles
  • The Histories by L. Chalkokondyles
  • Journals of J.-J. Bouchard, 1630-32
  • -- ENGLAND --
    • Shakespeare's Boy Actors
      • Introduction
      • Chapter 1: Representations
      • Chapter 2: Androgyny
      • Chapter 3: As You Like It
      • Chapter 4: Twelfth Night
      • Chapter 5: A Midsummer Night's Dream
      • Conclusion
      • Bibliography
    • Shakespeare's Boyfriend, Sonnet XX
    • Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626
  • --GERMANY--
  • Prisoner of the Infidels by Osmân Agha, 1691
  • --THE NETHERLANDS--
    • Jérôme Duquesnoy by Georges Eekhoud
    • Hieronymus Duquesnoy by Geert Debeuckelaere
  • -- FRANCE --
    • The poems of Marbod of Rennes
    • The poems of Hilary the Englishman
    • The Debate of Ganymede and Helen
    • The trial of Arnold of Verniolle for heresy and sodomy, 1323-4
    • Ottoman Prince Jem, 1482
    • The Memoirs of Pierre de l'Estoile, 1576-1611
    • The trial of Anthony Bacon, 1586
    • The "attentat manuel" on Louis XIV
  • --SPAIN--
  • Love of Boys in Medieval Hebrew Poetry of Spain (pdf)
  • --ITALY--
    • Vasari's Life of Il Sodoma
    • Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography
    • The punishment of Cellini for sodomising boys
    • Life of Ferdinando II, 5th Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1610-70
• Europe, modern
  • Introduction to modern Europe
  • General
    • My Life by Giacomo Casanova 1725-98
    • Attitudes to Sex With Willing Pubescents in 18th-century Europe by Edmund Marlowe
    • Norman Douglas (1868-1952)
      • Looking Back by Norman Douglas
      • Norman Douglas by Mark Holloway
      • Letters from his old boys, 1921-47
      • John Davenport on Norman Douglas
      • A Meeting of Three Like Minds in Capri, 1951
      • Ettore Masciandaro (1936-2014) by Edmund Marlowe
  • Sweden
    • Introduction to modern Sweden
    • Report from Sweden, 1980
  • Russia
    • Introduction to modern Russia
    • Casanova in Russia, 1764-5
    • Boys for Sale - Russia
    • Matzneff in the land of the Soviets, 1966-67
  • Bohemia
  • Germany
    • Introduction to modern Germany
    • The Abate Bastiani by Casanova
    • Sagitta's Books of the Nameless Love - John Henry Mackay
    • Alfred Grünewald by C. Caunter
    • Heinz Kohut and his tutor, ca. 1924-6
    • Who Dares Speak of Love? 1920s-30s
    • Michael Davidson in Berlin
    • Dieter, a Viennese Boy on the Game
    • Boys for Sale - Germany
    • Norman Douglas by Mark Holloway
    • Gad Beck's boyhood in Berlin, 1932-5
    • Hajo Ortil - Interview
    • Secret Love by Wolf Vogel
      • Wolf Vogel - A Childhood Filled with Curiosity 1949-56
      • Letters to Wolf Vogel
      • "He's My Son's Best Friend"
      • "We Made Love Just Like Everyone Does"
      • "In the Bar I Gave Him a Kiss"
      • From Boy-Love to Friendship Between Men
  • The Netherlands
    • Introduction to the Netherlands
    • The House That Paul Built
    • Edgar, 11, on Dutch radio, 1981
    • Dutch policemen who understood, 1981
    • Secret Love by Wolf Vogel
      • "The Parents Are Clueless"
      • "We've Asked Them to be Careful"
      • "Children Choose Their Own Relationships"
      • A Dutchwoman on her son's affair with an older boy
    • Brongersma on Pedagogical Eros
    • Reminiscences of Dr. Edward Brongersma
    • Burning the Library, 2000
  • Switzerland
    • George Hayim - Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness
    • Monty's Little Swiss Friend, 1946-50
  • France
    • Introduction to modern France
    • Letters from Liselotte 1681-1720
    • Boysexuals in the Bastille 1702-6
    • Socratic Love by Voltaire
    • The likely pederastic implication of J.-L. David's painting, The Death of Bara, by Jean-Claude Féray
    • Moslem accounts of France 1803-46
    • Letter on boy prostitution, Paris, 1846
    • Boys for Sale - France
    • Alcibiades the Schoolboy - Preface
    • A Masquerade and the Penalty
    • Biographical accounts
      • The initiation of André Gide, 1893-4
      • André Gide's story by Rossman
      • Bosie's Misadventure in Paris
      • Looking Back by Norman Douglas
      • Roger Peyrefitte's story by Rossman
      • A lesson on sexual naivety, 1936
      • Norman Douglas in France 1917-23
      • Evelyn Waugh's Diary, 1925
      • Our Love by Roger Peyrefitte
      • Goudu by Jacques de Brethmas
      • Hunting Boys by J. de Brethmas
    • The Journals of Gabriel Matzneff
      • This Flaming Straitjacket, 1953-62
      • The Archangel With Cloven Hooves, 1963-4
      • Venus and Juno, 1965-9
      • Elijah and Phaethon, 1970-3
      • La Passion Francesca, 1974-6
      • A Gallop from Hell, 1977-8
  • Portugal
    • Introduction to modern Portugal
    • Portugal, an anonymous story, 1990
    • Big Brother: Portugal Today, 1994
  • Spain
  • Italy
    • Introduction to modern Italy
    • Life of Gian Gastone of Tuscany
    • The attempted seduction of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1728
    • My Life by G. G. Casanova, 1725-98
      • Casanova caught with a boy, 1743
      • Casanova, the 'castrato' & her little sisters, 1744
      • Casanova & the Corticelli boy, 1761
      • Winckelmann surprised, 1761
      • Casanova on attraction to castrati
      • The Prince of Francavilla and his Catamites, 1770
    • Frederick Rolfe's Venice letters
    • Norman Douglas by Mark Holloway
    • Looking Back by Norman Douglas
    • Taormina in 1924 by Franz Schoenberner
    • An American Initiated in War-Time Naples, 1943
    • A Meeting of Three Like Minds in Capri, 1951
    • Catania in Sicily, 1959
    • Boys for Sale - Italy
    • Matzneff in Italy, 1962-73
    • "I Wear His Ring as Part of Him", 1966-9: a letter to Wolf Vogel
    • Matzneff in Sicily, 1976
  • Albania
    • Introduction to modern Albania
    • Ali Pasha and His Sons, 1741-1822
    • Boy-love in Albania, 1854
    • On Homosexuality in Albania, 1908
    • Albanian pederasty in 1979
  • Greece
    • Introduction to modern Greece
    • A German in Greece, ca. 1960s
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Great Britain
    • Introduction to Great Britain
    • 1700-99
      • The Growth of Sodomy, 1731
      • Fanny Hill by John Cleland, 1749
      • Paederasty - Jeremy Bentham
    • Boarding-schools, 1800-99
      • J. A. Symonds - Harrow 1854-58
      • Berners - Cheam & Eton 1893-99
      • A Demon Hovering by John Chandos
    • The Memoirs of a Voluptuary
      • Introduction to The Memoirs of a Voluptuary
      • The Gates of Dawn
      • A New Acquaintance
      • Doctissimus Puer
      • Venus and Adonis
      • A Masquerade and the Penalty
      • A Lesson in Physiology
      • Glimpses from the Golden Age
      • Lord Henry
      • Hebworth Castle and L'Envoi
    • Other subjects, 1800-99
      • Bettymania, 1803-06
      • The hanging of James Taylor, 1809
      • Sir James Brooke, 1803-68
      • John Addington Symonds's Memoirs
      • Was a classical education an incitement to Greek love?
      • J..C. Reddie & the Margate boy, 1876
      • Tradtional Sea-Bathing (1882)
      • Notes on Hutchinson's Boy-Worship
      • "Bosie" Douglas on his sexual self
      • The Priest and the Acolyte
      • The Chameleon
      • Edwin Emmanuel Bradford 1860-1944
    • Eton, 1900-99
      • Eton Voices (13 boys) - Eton 1918-82
      • James Lees-Milne - Eton 1921-26
      • Robin Maugham - Eton 1930-32
      • Hallam Tennyson - Eton 1933-7
      • Quentin Dodds - Eton 1940-42
      • 7th Marquess of Bath - Eton 1946-47
      • Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Eton 1956-61
    • Other boarding-schools, 1900-99
      • M.C. Davidson - Lancing 1908-13
      • Joe Ackerley - Rossall 1908-14
      • George Orwell - St. Cyprian's 1911-16
      • C. S. Lewis - Malvern 1913-14
      • Evelyn Waugh - Lancing 1917-21 & Arnold House (Flintshire) 1925
      • Quentin Crisp - Denstone 1922-26
      • N.M.V. Rothschild - Harrow 1924-29
      • T.C. Worsley - Marlborough, Wellington & Gordonstoun 1925-34
      • Robin Maugham - Highfield ca. 1928
      • Brian Inglis - Shrewsbury 1930-35
      • George Hayim - Harrow 1934-36
      • Gavin Lambert - St. George's & Cheltenham 1935-39
      • Simon Raven - Cordwalles 1936-39
      • Brian Sewell - Haberdashers' 1942-9
      • Christopher Hitchens - Mount Ho. & The Leys 1957-67
      • Stephen Fry - Uppingham 1970-71
    • 1910s-20s views on boy-love
    • Paidikion: A Paiderastic Manuscript
    • Michael Davidson, 1897-1975
      • Introduction to M. C. Davidson
      • Lancing, 1908-13
      • Early Experiences, 1913-19
      • London and Oxford, 1922-28
      • London, 1936-7
      • London, 1941-6
      • Interview in the Examiner, 1973
      • Obituaries of Michael Davidson, 1975
    • A Life with Entrances and Exits
      • Early Years
      • The Adventures of an Off-duty Pilot
    • Richie McMullen
      • Enchanted Boy (pdf)
      • Enchanted Youth (pdf)
    • Other biographical accounts, 1900-99
      • Ralph Chubb: Prophet and Paiderast
      • Tragedy of Sir Hector Macdonald
      • Norman Douglas in London, 1915-7
      • Evelyn Waugh's diaries 1919-26
      • Edward James, 1907-84
      • Naked Civil Servant by Q. Crisp
      • Flannelled Fool by T. C. Worsley
      • Teardrops on My Drum (pdf)
      • Jack and Jamie Go to War (pdf)
      • T. H. White 1906-64
      • Alan Turing, 1912-54
      • Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-79
      • Monty's Little Swiss and Other Boys
      • Benjamin Britten and David Hemmings, 1953-55
      • Pederast by Angus Stewart, 1961
      • The Orton Diaries
      • The Twisting Lane by Tony Parker
      • A Boy Scout Whistles And Smiles
      • Breakfast in Brighton
      • Love Worketh No Ill by Kit, 1990s
  • Denmark
    • Introduction to modern Denmark
    • "Softness" in a Boring Field, 1744
    • Crime without Victims, ca. 1943-86
      • Introduction
      • Bent, a typical Danish loved-boy
      • When things go wrong
      • Homosexuality and male identity
      • A case of blackmail
      • Homosexual Paedophile Relations
      • Attorney M. Petersen's opinions
      • Judge F. A. Wehner's opinions
      • "One night ..."/ Holger, 55
      • "You won't get a colour television if you don't stop seeing Niels."/ Per, 16
      • "I was afraid that it could turn into abuse"/ Sus, 24
      • "An incredible number of children are left to themselves"/ Erik, 42
      • "I suspect he'll go with my little brother later"/ Stefan, 10
      • "There was always a streak of sadomasochism in me"/ Martin, 19
      • "If I had enough money I wouldn't do it"/ Peter, 14
      • "I've always done what they say I shouldn't"/ Tommy, 20
      • "He Understands Me Better Than My Own Mother"/ David, 16
• Africa, sub-Saharan
  • Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Boy-Wives of the Azande of Sudan
  • Buggery in Buganda, 1885-7
  • The Mossi, by Louis Tauxier, 1912
  • Unnatural Vice in the Johannesburg Compounds, 1915, by Henry Junod
  • Michael Davidson in South Africa
  • Good Company by Monica Wilson
  • The Slave Trade Today by Sean O'Callaghan, 1961
• The Near East & North Africa
  • Introduction to Nr. E. & N. Africa
  • Lithgow's 19 Yeares Travayles
  • A Voyage into the Levant by Henry Blount, 1636
  • Thomas Baker's Journal 1677-85
  • Moslem accounts of France 1803-46
  • Travels in Assyria and Persia, 1815
  • The Histories by L. Chalkokondyles
  • The Jewel in the Lotus by Edwardes
  • The age of the Loved Boy in the Arab-Islamic World
  • Boys for Sale - Land of the Atlas
  • The Thousand Nights and One Night
    • Introduction to the 1,001 Nights
    • The Tale of the Third Kalandar
    • The Wazīr Nūr al-Dīn & co.
    • Prince Tāj al-Mulūk
    • The Tale of Kamar al-Zamān and Princess Budūr
    • Happy-Handsome and Happy-Fair
    • The Tale of Alā al-Dīn Abū Shāmāt
    • The Tale of Zumurrud and Alī Shār
    • The Poet Abū Nuwās, His Boys, and the Caliph
    • The Youth and his Master
    • Girls or Boys?
    • Salāh al-Dīn and his Wazīr
    • The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo
    • The Adventures of Hasan of Basrah
    • The Tale of Kamar and the Expert Halīmah
    • The Tale of Princess Zulaikah
    • The Splendid Tale of Prince Diamond
    • Short prose excerpts
    • Poems
  • Morocco
    • Tribes of the Rif by C. S. Coon, 1931
    • Michael Davidson
      • French Morocco, 1937-40 and 1947
      • Davidson in Tangier, 1940-48
    • An American in N. Africa, 1943-76
    • An American Initiated in War-Time Naples, 1944
    • A Frenchman in Morocco by Parker Rossman
    • The Orton Diaries, 1967
    • Tangier 1961-74 by Angus Stewart
    • Matzneff in Morocco, 1968
    • The Way It Is in Morocco, 1974
  • Algeria
    • Algiers by Ant. de Sosa, ca. 1580
    • The Religion and Manners of the Mahometans, 1704
    • The initiation of André Gide, 1893-5
    • Gide in Algeria, 1894-5 by Rossman
    • Bosie's Adventures in Algeria, 1895
    • Matzneff in Algeria, 1959-61
  • Tunisia
    • The initiation of André Gide, 1893-5
    • Gide in Tunisia, 1893 by Rossman
    • An American in N. Africa, 1943-76
    • Matzneff in Tunisia, 1966
    • Matzneff in Tunisia, 1972-3
    • Matzneff in Tunisia, 1976-8
  • Egypt
    • Egypt in 1783 by C-F Volney
    • Egypt and Mohammed Ali
    • Flaubert in Egypt, 1849-50
    • The Moulid of Sheikh Abu Harera, 1908
    • The People of Siwah by Walter Cline
    • The Oasis of Siwa - Robin Maugham
    • Boys for Sale - Egypt
    • Matzneff's evening in Luxor, 1971
  • Turkey
    • "Le Vice" in Turkey
    • The Scented Garden by B. Stern
    • The Decline & Fall of Byzantium
    • Mehmed the Conqueror by Kritoboulos
    • Ottoman Prince Jem, 1482
    • George Manwaring on Turkey and Persia, 1598-9
    • The Rules of Social Gatherings by Mustafa Âli
    • The History of the Serrail by Michel Baudier
    • The Ottoman Empire by Paul Rycaut, 1666
    • The Diaries of John Covel, 1675
    • 1700-
      • The Present State of the Ottoman Empire by Aaron Hill, 1709
      • The Travels of Lord Charlemont 1749
      • Memoirs of Baron de Tott
      • The erotic poems of Fazil Bey
      • The Book of Women by Fazil Bey
      • Records of Travels, 1829, 1830 by Adolphus Slade
      • Flaubert in Constantinople, 1850
      • Boys for Sale by Drew & Drake
      • The Caravan Moves On by Orga
  • Persia
    • Introduction to Persia
    • Two loves of the Sufi poet ʿIrāqī
    • The poems of Obeyd-e Zakani
    • George Manwaring on Turkey and Persia, 1598-9
    • A Chronicle of the Carmelites in Persia, 1609-92
    • Some Years Travels by Sir Thomas Herbert
    • A New Account of East India and Persia by John Fryer, 1698
    • The poems of Iraj Mirza
    • Boys for Sale by Drew & Drake
  • Other Near Eastern lands
    • Introduction to Palestine
    • Boys for Sale - The Arab Near East
    • The Slave Trade Today by Sean O'Callaghan, 1961
    • Michael Davidson in Cyprus, 1954-7
    • An Englishman in Syria, 1970s
    • An American in Lebanon
  • The Delight of Hearts by al-Tifashi
    • Introduction, glossary and preface
    • V. Sodomites and their activities
• India & Central Asia
  • Introduction to India & Central Asia
  • Turkistan
    • The Baburnama
    • Journey in Turkistan, 1873
  • Afghanistan
    • The Jewel in the Lotus by Edwardes
    • Boys for Sale - Afghanistan
    • Homosex Returns to Kandahar, 2001
    • Kandahar Journal, 2002
    • Isn't Greek post-Taliban, 2002
  • Tibet
    • A boy and his monk in Lhasa ca. 1943-9
  • India
    • East India and Persia, 1698
    • Paidikion: A Paiderastic Manuscript
    • Hindu Kush 1959 by F. Maraini
    • The Slave Trade Today by Sean O'Callaghan, 1961
    • Boys for Sale - India and Pakistan
    • A Canadian in Central Asia, 1970s
  • Ceylon
    • Tragedy of Sir Hector Macdonald
    • The Tea Planter by Robin Maugham
    • Sri Lanka in 1979
    • Sri Lanka - Culture Clash, 1981
• The Far East
  • Introduction to the Far East
  • Far Eastern Siberia
  • Japan
    • Introduction to Japan
    • Kōbō-Daishi's Book
    • Kannon's Manifestation as a Youth
    • The Chigo no sōshi, 14th century
    • Essays in Idleness by Kenkō, 1330-32
    • The Tale of Genji, ca. 1008
    • Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan
    • The stories of Ihara Saikaku
      • Catalogue of the stories
      • The Life of an Amorous Man
      • Gengobei, The Mountain of Love
      • Within the Fence
      • Love Letter Sent in a Sea Bass
      • Though Bearing an Umbrella, He Was Rained Upon
      • Aloeswood Boy of the East
      • Tortured to Death with Snow on His Sleeve
      • The Sickbed No Medicine Could Cure
      • He Fell in Love When the Mountain Rose Was in Bloom
      • Love’s Flame Kindled by a Flint Seller
      • The Tragic Love of Two Enemies
      • A Friend of the Streets
      • At Least He Wears His Youth's Kimono
      • Far Better to Consider What She Said at the End
      • A Boy's Beauty Flowers When his Forelock is Unshaven
      • Letter from a Buddhist Priest ...
    • The age of the loved boy in traditional Japan
    • Boys for Sale - Japan
    • Michael Davidson & Keibo, 1950-51
    • Boy-love in Japan 1965-90
    • Jong, de - Adoration of Boys, 1993
  • China
    • Introduction to China
    • Wind by Xinyue Zhuren, 1628/44
    • The Carnal Prayer Mat, 1657
    • House of Gathered Refinements, 1658
    • The Memoirs of the Kangxi Emperor
    • Travels in China - John Barrow
    • Prostitution in China by Gustaaf Schlegel, 1866
    • Boy Actors in Peking by Cai heng zi
    • China in Untrodden Fields of Anthropology
    • Two Words on Pederasty in China - J. J. Matignon
    • Pei Yu: Boy Actress by George Soulié de Morant
    • Georges Hérelle's testimony, 1902-3
    • Boys for Sale - China
    • Puyi, the last emperor, 1906-67
  • Burma
    • Introduction
    • Some Years Travels by Sir Thomas Herbert
    • Canoe to Mandalay by R. Raven-Hart, 1939
    • Michael Davidson in Rangoon, 1949
  • Vietnam
    • Introduction to Vietnam
    • Annamite Pederasty in Untrodden Fields of Anthropology
    • The Alexandre Yersin Case by Geschenk
    • Vietnam and Thailand, ca. 1950-73
  • Cambodia
  • Siam (Thailand)
    • Introduction to Siam
    • Boys for Sale
    • Vietnam and Thailand - Vietnam War
    • Kite Music by Gary Shellhart (pdf)
    • Dear Uncle Go
  • Malaya
  • Singapore
    • Introduction to Singapore
    • Michael Davidson in Singapore, 1949-52
  • Sumatra
  • Borneo
    • Rajah Brooke of Sarawak
    • Adventures of an Off-duty Pilot
  • Java
    • Introduction to Java
    • Soetjipto's First Love, 1923-4 (pdf)
    • On the Waroks and Gemblaks of Ponorogo by J.B.M. de Lyon, 1941
  • Bali
    • Introduction to Bali
    • The Diaries of Donald Friend
    • The Balinese by J. Jacobs, 1881
  • The Philippines
    • Introduction to the Philippines
    • The Philippines in Boys for Sale
    • The Paggers Papers by Rawson (pdf)
    • The Filipino Experience, 1982
• Oceania
  • Introduction to Oceania
  • -- AUSTRALIA --
  • The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
  • Children of the Desert by Géza Róheim
  • Trysts in Sydney around 1970
  • The Diaries of Donald Friend
  • The Man They Called a Monster by Paul Wilson (pdf)
  • I Came to Australia by Anty. Bacon
  • --MELANESIA--
  • The Kaluli of New Guinea, 1964-8
  • The Onabasulu of New Guinea, 1970-3 (pdf)
  • Papuans of the Trans-Fly by F.E. Williams, 1934
  • Solomon Islands
  • Stone Men of Malekula by Layard
  • --POLYNESIA--
  • Greek love in Tahiti
  • The Community Function of Tahitian Male Transvestitism (pdf)
  • Marquesan Sexual Behavior by Robert Suggs
• The Americas
  • Introduction to the Americas
  • The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz
  • The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America
  • Greek love in French Guiana, 1870s
  • Gray Wolf Stories by B. Sexton (pdf)
  • The Trumaí of Brazil, 1938
  • Game-Texts: A Guatemalan Journal by Erskine Lane, ca. 1973-78
  • Greek love in Colombia, 1970s-80s
  • Puerto Plata by L. M. Fuentes, 2005
  • United States of America
    • Boys for Sale by Drew & Drake
      • Introduction to the United States
      • Boy Prostitution in New York, 1968
      • A survey of eighteen New York boy prostitutes, 1968
      • A Biography of a New York Pimp
      • An American Initiated in War-Time Naples, 1950s-60s
    • Walt Whitman at Southold (pdf)
    • Homosexuality Among Tramps
    • "Jockers" and "Punks" in the early 20th-century north-western USA
    • Some Uncomplicated Greek Love Affairs by J. Z. Eglinton
    • Some Difficult Greek Love Affairs by J. Z. Eglinton
    • Casimir Dukahz
      • The Asbestos Diary (pdf)
      • Vice Versa (pdf)
      • It's a Boy (pdf)
      • Growing Old Disgracefully (pdf)
    • Sexual Experience between Men and Boys by Rossman
      • THE LADDER DOWN
      • --SUPPORT FROM ADOLESCENT CULTURE--
      • Introduction
      • A Tribal Society of Adolescents
      • Conspiratorial Secrecy
      • The Hustlers
      • Some Concluding Observations
      • --THE CONSENTING BOYS--
      • Introduction
      • Characteristics of Consenting Boys
      • Types of Pederast Relationships
      • Why Do Boys Do It?
      • Types of Sexual Activity
      • Enabling Climate: Statistics
      • Attitudes Towards Arrest
      • The Actual Seduction
      • Some Concluding Observations
      • PAUL GOODMAN, 1911-72
      • ARE THERE SOLUTIONS?
    • The Male Adolescent Involved with a Pederast Becomes an Adult
    • Getting It On by J. Winchester (pdf)
    • The Boston Sex Scandal (pdf)
    • Other biographical accounts
      • Scotty Bowers's Boyhood 1931-8
      • Tennessee Williams and his Ganymede of 15, 1943
      • The strange case of Dr. Dooley, 1955
      • Puppies by John Valentine (pdf)
      • The Trucker and the Teens
      • My Life as A Boy by Wm. A. Ireland
      • Learning How to Love by P. Young
      • These Were My Realities by JH
      • José-Luis - Luis Emulated My Past
      • Chicago to Cheyenne by N. Irving
      • Fuentes, L. M. - Diary of a Dirty Boy
      • Fuentes, L. M. - Unpublished stories
    • The Hobo by Nels Anderson, 1923
  • "Horrible Temptations" in Ontario, 1890-1935 by Steven Maynard (pdf)
  • Greenland

Literature

• Biographies
  • Full List
  • To read on this website A-L
    • [Anon.] - A Reminiscence of Dr. Brongersma
    • [Anon.] - Jean-Claude Féray
    • C., Kit - Love Worketh No Ill
    • Caunter, C.
      • Eyes lit with the light of other skies: The joyful life of Edwin Emmanuel Bradford
      • A Life in the Service of Singing Beauty: Alfred Grünewald
    • Davis, Graham - A Boy Scout Whistles And Smiles
    • Drummond, Oliver - Ralph Nicholas Chubb: Prophet and Paiderast
    • Eglinton, J. Z. - Shakespeare's Boyfriend and Sonnet XX
    • Fuentes, Luis Miguel
      • Unpublished stories from a youth in the USA
      • Puerto Plata
    • Geschenk, Louis - The Alexandre Yersin Case
    • Ireland, Wm. A. - My Life as a Boy
  • To read on this website M-Z
    • Mader, D. H.
      • Improper Bostonian
      • Autobiography
    • Marlowe, E. - Ettore Masciandaro
    • Marlowe, Sharpe & Mark - Farewell to the Dutchman
    • Moody, Roger - Indecent Assault
    • Ruis, Gerard - Caravaggio’s “Amore Teneris”
    • Stewart, Angus - Pederast
    • Young, P. - Learning How To Love
  • Greek love extracts
    • Cellini's Life by himself
    • Ferdinando II Gd. Duke of Tuscany
    • Gian Gascone Gd. Duke of Tuscany
    • Casanova - History of My Life
    • P[edroletti, Adamo] - Memoranda
    • Oscar Wilde - Letters
    • The Memoirs of a Voluptuary (links)
    • Norman Douglas - Looking Back
    • Norman Douglas by Mark Holloway
    • Michael Davidson (links)
    • James - Swans Reflecting Elephants
    • T. H. White: A Biography
    • Flannelled Fool: a slice of life in the Thirties
    • Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
    • Monty at Close Quarters
    • The Orton Diaries
    • Tangier: A Writer's Notebook
    • Matzneff, Gabriel - Journals
      • This Flaming Straitjacket, 1953-62
      • In Algeria, 1959-64
      • In Italy, 1962-73
      • The Archangel With Cloven Hooves, 1963-64
      • Venus and Juno, 1965-69
      • In Tunisia, 1966
      • In the land of the Soviets, 1966-67
      • In Morocco, 1968
      • Elijah and Phaethon, 1970-73
      • An Evening in Luxor, 1971
      • In Tunisia, 1972-73
      • La Passion Francesca, 1974-76
      • In Sicily, 1976
      • In Tunisia, 1976-78
      • A Gallop from Hell, 1977-78
    • Burton, Peter
      • Parallel Lives
      • Interview of Robin Maugham
  • PDFs: authors A-L
    • Colantuono, Louis A. - The Trucker and the Teens
    • De Brethmas, Jacques - Goudu
    • De Brethmas, Jacques - Hunting Boys
    • Darling - It's Okay to Say Yes
    • Dukahz, Casimir
      • The Asbestos Diary
      • Vice Versa
      • It's a Boy
      • Growing Old Disgracefully
    • Duvert, Tony. A Man Speaks
    • Fuentes, Luis Miguel
      • Diary of a Dirty Boy
      • The Big Payback
    • Greenwalt - Archelaus's Assassin-ation & the Macedonian Royal Hunt
    • Gutierrez - Michael Jackson Was My Lover
    • H., J. - These Were My Realities
    • Lacassagne - Vacher l'éventreur
  • PDFs: authors M-Z
    • McMullen, Richie
      • Enchanted Boy
      • Enchanted Youth
    • Molinoff - W. Whitman at Southold
    • Ogrinc, Will - Frère Jacques
    • Peyrefitte, Roger - Our Love
    • Robinson, Jack
      • Teardrops on my Drum
      • Jack and Jamie Go to War
    • Soetjipto - First Love
    • Valentine, John - Puppies
    • Wilson - The Man They Called a Monster
    • Wilde - The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
  • Reviews: authors A-C
    • Ackerley, Joe - Hindoo Holiday
    • Adair, Gilbert - The Real Tadzio
    • Anstruther, Ian - Oscar Browning
    • Aronson, Theo - Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld
    • Birkin, Andrew - J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
    • Bowers, Scotty - Full Service
    • Brasas, Herrero - Walt Whitman's Mystical Ethics of Comradeship
    • Bunel, J.-D. - Un deuxième père
    • Chugg, A. - Alexander's Lovers
    • Cleves, Rachel Hope - Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality
    • Colantuono, Louis A. - The Trucker and the Teens
  • Reviews: authors D-O
    • Darling, J. - It’s Okay to Say Yes
    • Davidson, Michael - The World, The Flesh and Myself
    • Davidson, Michael - Sicilian Vespers and other writings
    • Edmonds, Antony - Oscar Wilde's Scandalous Summer
    • Holloway, Mark - Norman Douglas
    • McKenna, Neil - The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
    • McMullen, R. - Enchanted Boy
    • McMullen, R. - Enchanted Youth
    • Nicholson, S. - A Dangerous Love
  • Reviews: authors P-Z
    • Parker, Tony - The Twisting Lane
    • Peyrefitte, Roger - Our Love
    • Robinson - Teardrops on My Drum
    • Scharnhorst & Bales - The Lost Life of Horatio Alger
    • Valentine, John - Puppies
    • Wilson, Paul - The Man They Called a Monster
• Other Histories
  • Full List
  • --TO READ ON THIS WEBSITE--
  • Chandos, John - A Demon Hovering
  • De Lyon, J. M. B. - On the Waroks and Gemblaks of Ponorogo
  • Drew & Drake - Boys for Sale
  • Hertoft, P. - Crime without Victims
  • Tifashi, al- - The Delight of Hearts
    • Introduction, glossary and preface
    • V. Sodomites and their activities
  • Vogel, Wolf - Secret Love
  • Wilson & Cox - The Child-Lovers
  • X., Dr. Jacobus - Untrodden Fields of Anthropology
  • --PDFs--
    • Ernst - Onabasulu Homosexuality
    • Ingram - The Participating Victim
    • Levy - Tahitian Male Transvestitism
    • Maynard - Horrible Temptations
    • Mitzel - The Boston Sex Scandal
    • Rawson - The Paggers Papers
    • Sexton - Gray Wolf Stories
    • Vanggaard, Thorkil - Phallós
    • Winchester, Joseph - Getting It On
    • Sexual life in ancient Greece by Hans Licht (pdf)
  • -- REVIEWS --
    • Burg - Boys at Sea
    • Calimach - Gay Greek Myths
    • Davidson - The Greeks & Greek Love
    • Hyam - Empire and Sexuality
    • Hyam - Greek Love in British India
    • Hyde- Cleveland Street Scandal
    • Marcadé - Eros Kalos
    • Onyeama - Nigger at Eton
    • Puterbaugh - Crucifixion of Hyacinth
    • Rocke - Forbidden Friendships
    • Sandfort - Male Intergenerational Intimacy
    • Sergent - Homosexuality in Greek Myth
    • Sexton, Bernard - Gray Wolf Stories
    • Vogel, Wolf - Secret Love
    • Winchester - Getting It On
• General Non-Fiction
  • Full List
  • --TO READ ON THIS WEBSITE--
  • The Symposium by Plato
  • The Phaidros by Plato
  • Offences Against Oneself: Paederasty by Jeremy Bentham
  • Pederasty by Sir Richard Burton
  • Sexual Experience between Men and Boys by Parker Rossman
  • Brongersma, Edward - Loving Boys
  • --PDFs--
  • Dodson, Victor - Clean and Good
  • Gide, André - Corydon
  • Hutchinson, C. E. - Boy-Worship
  • Ogrinc - Selective Bibliography
  • Ollendorff, Robert - The Juvenile Homosexual Experience
  • Raile, Arthur Lyon
    • A Defence of Uranian Love. Part the First: The Boy-Lover
    • A Defence of Uranian Love. Part the Second: The Uranian Eros
    • A Defence of Uranian Love. Part the Third: The Heavenly Wisdom and Conclusion
  • Riegel, David L.
    • Understanding Loved Boys and Boylovers
    • Could they All have been Wrong?
    • We were Not abused!
  • Rind, Bruce - Hebephilia as a Mental Disorder?
  • Rind, Bruce - Pederasty
  • -- REVIEWS --
  • Greek Love by JZ Eglinton
• Fiction and Drama
  • Full List
  • To read on this website, authors A-L
    • Allen, Bill - The Surrogate
    • Anon. - Laura Middleton...
    • Anon. - The Power of Mesmerism
    • Bardet & Dermant - Sootface
    • Bloxam, John Francis - The Priest and the Acolyte
    • Campbell, James - The Amatory Experiences of a Surgeon
    • Campbell, Robert - My Father's Story
    • Cleland, John - Fanny Hill
    • Dukahz, Casimir - Mama Say
    • Edward, Alan
      • The First of the Month
      • The Keeper
      • Pacific 4-6-0
      • Be My Ghost
    • Edwards, W. - Parking Lots
    • Esser, Kevin
      • Flashback
      • Beach Boy
      • A Bird in Hand
      • Arizona Blues
      • Luther
      • Midsummer Sorcery
    • Freeman, Steven Adrian
      • Marcus
      • Sunshine Boy, Chapter I
      • Sunshine Boy, Chapter II
    • Henri, Philippe - Eric
    • Kannon's Manifestation as a Youth
    • Loup, Jean - The Master of Pausias
    • Lund, Asger - Sleigh Boy
  • To read on this website, authors M-Z
    • Marlowe, Edmund - The Segestan Boy
    • Maugham, Robin - Tarou
    • McLaughlin, Ian - Sleeping Partner
    • McLaughlin, Ian - Venetian Water-colour
    • Nicholson, Stephen - Julian's Destiny
    • Penumbra - A Boy with Three Names
    • Peters, Scott - Being Compassionate
    • Peyrefitte, Roger - Baron v. Gloeden
      • Introduction & Chapters 1-3
      • Chapters 4-9
      • Chapters 10-11
      • Chapters 12-end
    • Remington, John - A Gift from Santa
    • Rocco, Antonio - Alcibiades the Schoolboy
    • S., Brad - Joe and the Hustler
    • Saul, Jack - The Sins of the Cities
    • Scott Moncrieff, Charles - Evensong and Morwe Song
    • Stenbock - True Story of a Vampire
    • Thomas, Mark - Letting Go
    • The Thousand Nights and One Night (links)
    • Vance & Burr - Kings in Disguise
    • Woltz, Randy - Love at Sea
  • PDFs of novels with Greek love as the main theme: authors A-F
    • Adelswärd-Fersen, Jacques d'
      • Le Baiser de Narcisse - Fr.
    • Ashford, Kent - The Singalong Tribe
    • Berliner, Ross - The Manhood Ceremony
    • Bernard, Frits
      • Costa Brava
      • Persecuted Minority
    • Caminha, Adolfo - Bom-Crioulo
    • Campbell, Robert - Singularities
    • Chetwynd, D. - Belles-bottom boys
    • Chubb, Ralph - The Child of Dawn
    • Dantzig, Rudi v. - For a Lost Soldier
    • Dueweke, Stephen - Playing Soldiers in the Dark
    • Dukahz, Casimir - Shakespeare's Boy
    • Duvert, Tony - When Jonathan Died
    • Edson, Jay
      • Koan
      • Marcus and Me
    • Edward, Alan
      • Kit
      • The Fire-Worshipper
      • The Gods of Babylon
    • Eisenhardt, Jens - Kim, My Beloved
    • Essebac, Achille
      • Luc - Fr.
      • L’Élu - Fr.
    • Esser, Kevin
      • Street Boy Dreams
      • Dance of the Warriors
      • Something Like Happiness
      • Voodoo: I. Pepper's Book
      • Voodoo: II. Jack's Diary
      • Voodoo: III. Summer's Spell
      • 'Cryptogram' & 'Confirmation'
      • Revolution
      • Salvation
      • Dreamboy Variations
    • Freedman - Natural Lizard Activity
    • Fuentes, Luis Miguel - Coco
    • Fuger, Wallington - Solos, Duets & Improvisations
  • PDFs of novels with Greek love as the main theme: authors G-M
    • Gilbert, Peter & Tom Holt
      • Adam and the Paradise Garden
      • A Boy's Sweet Sorrow and Satisfaction
    • Green, G.F. - In the Making
    • H., J. - This Too Is Love
    • Hakim - Crowstone
    • Hamilton, Wallace - Kevin
    • Henderson, Bob - Attic Adolescent
    • Hunt, Chris
      • Mignon
      • Street Lavender
    • Huston, Bo - The Dream Life
    • Kent, Chris
      • Boys in Shorts
      • The Real Tom Brown's Schooldays
      • Coral Island Boys
      • Little Big Men
      • The Ram Stam Boys
      • Bravehearts
    • Kochany, Mario
      • As Schoolboys from their Books
      • Wars of the Rowzies
      • The Infernal Pentagram
    • Lund, Asger - The Boy & the Dagger
    • Mallery, Daniel
      • Mallery, Daniel - Strange Catharsis
    • Matthews, Kenneth - Aleko
    • Maugham, R. - The Wrong People
    • Montherlant, Henry de - The Boys
    • Moorhouse, Frank - The Everlasting Secret Family: An Erotic Memoir
    • Murchison, Colin - The Chronicles of St. Barnabas
  • PDFs of novels with Greek love as the main theme: authors N-Z
    • Nicholson, John Gambril
      • In Carrington's Duty Week: A Private School Episode
      • The Romance of a Choirboy
    • Onstott, Kyle & Lance Horner - Child of the Sun
    • Peters, Fritz - Finistère
    • Peyrefitte, Roger
      • Special Friendships
      • Roy
    • Reid, Forrest - The Garden God
    • Ryde, P. - A Good Start, Considering
    • Saint Ours - An Angel at Sodom
      • Diary of an Angel
      • The Abduction of Ganymede
      • The Castle of the Sands (Oukhaidour)
    • Shellhart, Gary - Kite Music
    • Soulié de Morant, George - Pei Yu: Boy Actress
    • Tavel, Ronald - Street of Stairs
    • Tesch, Gerald - Never the Same Again
    • Vernon, Frances - The Fall of Doctor Onslow
    • Windham, Donald - Two People
    • Worthy, Simon - The Chronicles of the Koster Dilemma
    • Zupp, Peter
      • The Chronicles of Fenway Academy
      • The Chronicles of the Desert Ranch School
  • PDFs of anthologies of Greek love stories
    • Panthology One ed. by Frank Torey
      • Darling, J. - The Black Symposium
      • Dukahz, Casimir - Klaustrophilia
      • Edward, Alan - Will O' the Wisp
      • Hakim - The Silver Pipe Cafe & Other Texts
      • Lund, Asger - Ahmet, The Treasurer's Son
      • McLaughlin, Ian - Casuistry and Other Mischiefs
      • Waters, Daryl - Three Temples
      • Wood, Steven - Camping Out
      • Wood, Steven - Joey's Island
    • Panthology Two ed. by Frank Torey
      • Anderson, Ian - Fishing
      • Bard, K. I. - Theban Patrol
      • Bishop, John - Dennis
      • Colantuono, Louis A. - Lonely Roamer and Foolish Child
      • Dukahz, Casimir - Three by Dukahz
      • Edward, Alan - The Stake
      • Edward, Alan - High Doh
      • Esser, Kevin - Summer Games
      • Hakim - Dragonfly and Other Texts
      • Pitt, Nathaniel - Dragons
      • Pitt, Nathaniel - Grown Up for Thirteen
      • Spence, Keith - The Unexpected Legacy of Uncle Edward
      • Underhill, Bill - Anton
    • Panthology Three ed. by Frank Torey
      • Bishop, John - Del
      • Colantuono, Louis A. - The Gremmie
      • Colantuono, Louis A. - Chris
      • Darling, J. - The Age of Gold
      • Esser, Kevin - Three Visions
      • Hakim - Nineteen Imitations of Abu Nowas
      • Hakim - Artificial Fires and Other Texts
      • McLaughlin, Ian - More Mischiefs
      • Waters, Daryl - Mirage
      • Wood, Steven - One Night, One Day
      • Wren, Meriwether - Billy
      • Wren, Meriwether - War on Earth
      • Wren, Meriwether - A Boy's Love and a Whore's Oath
    • Panthology Four ed. by Frank Torey
      • Campbell, Robert - The Pale Black, the World Servant, and the Voice of God
      • Tryst, Simon - Under Thirteen
      • Bunda, Jared - The Book of Moth
      • de Rast, Peter - The King of Calcutta
      • Campbell, Robert - Android
      • Spence, Keith - Lower Than the Angels
      • Andrews, Brock - Sammy and my Bishop
      • Esser, Kevin - Sweet Sorrow
      • Bishop, John - A Prospect of Bliss
    • 1st Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Tryst, Simon - Floreat Grundy
      • Esser, Kevin - Sandburg Buccaneers
      • Dukahz, Casimir - The Amethyst Encounter
      • Bard, K. I. - Ball Games
      • Lewis, Matt - A Matter of Public Morality
      • Esser, Kevin - One September Day
      • Wood, Steven - Cheating at School
      • Henderson, Bob - Pericles
      • Campbell, Robert - Rodney
      • Esser, Kevin - The Dying of the Light
    • 2nd Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Esser, Kevin - Dangerous Boys
      • de Rast, Peter - Timber Thieves
      • Woods, Louis Walter - The Great Kuddly Kub Plan
      • Dukahz, Casimir - The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf!'
      • Bey, Hakim - Tres Flores
      • Turner, Frank - Blackmail
      • Henderson, Bob - Angelos
      • Campbell, Robert - Scruples
      • Bunda, Jared - Toy Soldiers
    • 3rd Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Bard, K. I. - Almost There
      • Dukahz, Casmir - Master Feelgood
      • Esser, Kevin - Boyfriends
      • Hakim Bey - Two Texts
      • Henderson, Bob - Afters
      • Ingles, I. L. - P.D.
      • May, Andrew - Three Stories
      • Taft, Leonard - A Different Drummer Boy
      • Taft, Leonard - Llanitos
      • Taft, Leonard - Small Blessings
    • 4th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Esser, Keven - Brothers in the Dark
      • Hakim Bey - Pompa: A Book of Hours
      • Campbell, Robert - Child of the Age
      • Bard, K. I. - Journey by Water
      • Esser, Kevin - Ordinary Secrets
      • Ingles, I. L. - Lost Property
    • 5th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Esser, K. - Living in a Dream of Us
      • Von Adilaw, Dom - Leonardo
      • Edward, Alan - Wild Horizon
    • 6th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Mallory, Daniel - Tag
      • Teddy - Servz im Rite
      • Edward, Alan - Trompe l'Oeil
      • Henderson, Bob - Getting Over It
      • Mitchell, Thomas - Starman
      • Worthy, Simon - Raising Hell
      • Wood, Steven - Crash
    • 7th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Ingels, I. L. - Marvin's Double Revenge
      • Tilley, Marcus - Ride
      • Edward, Alan - Old Spanish Customs
      • Bangor, Edward - Norfolk Pirates
      • Lotring, Jotham - Little Brothers
      • Barber, William - Pauly Joe
      • Edward, Alan - Spotters
      • Bard, K. I. - A Fine Mess
    • 8th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Lotring, Jotham - Chisock Mountain
      • Darling, J. - Island of the Blest
      • Esser, Kevin - One Last Time
      • Chelsea, Jaymee - Lead Boy
      • Bangor, Edward - The Piccadilly Rub
      • Lotring, Jotham - The Prefect
      • Bangor, Edward - For Those About To...
      • MagUidhir, Paidrig - Spy
      • Esser, Kevin - Warriors of the Dream
    • 9th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Edward. Alan - I Love My Little Brother
      • Mallery, Daniel - Wild Boy
      • Monteriano, Christopher - Nicola
      • Trainor, Frederic - Pond
      • Edward, Alan - King of the Castle
      • Bangor, Edward - Casper
      • Lotring, Jotham - Night Ride
      • Derby, Mark - Not Again
      • Monteriano, Christopher - Sand and Honey
    • 10th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Louis, E. C. - Peepers
      • Ingles, I. L. - Camp Diary
      • Lotring, Jotham - Desmond and Joey
      • Freedman, B. J. - Ephebes
      • Edward, Alan - Empathies
      • Graham, Charles - Mr. Big
      • Davidovitch, Godefroy - The Trouble with Michael
      • Ingles, I. L. - Niko
      • Freedman, B. J. - Runaway
      • Lotring, Jotham - Serrana Bay
    • 11th Acolyte Reader ed. by F. Torey
      • Freedman, B. J. - The News, 2005
      • Ingles, I. L. - Qualifying Rounds
      • Medley, James - Brooklyn Kid
      • Lotring, Jotham - Rocky
      • Savage, Lee - The Year I Gave Up Boys
  • PDFs of novels with Greek love as a significant theme
    • Bosc, Jean
      • Le Vice Marin - Fr.
      • The Marine Vice
    • Bunda, Jared
      • Bunda, Jared - St. Matthews Passion
      • Bunda, Jared - The Well-tempered Schoolboy
    • Campbell, Michael - Lord Dismiss Us
    • Corvo, Baron - Stories Toto Told Me
    • Davenport, Guy
      • Badger
      • Colin Maillard
    • Dilke, Christopher - The Rotten Apple
    • Essebac, Achille
      • Partenza… vers la Beauté!: Fr.
    • Gide, André - The Immoralist
    • Hansen, Joseph - Job's Year
    • Hartnett, P.-P. - I Want to Fuck You
    • Hulse, Charles G. - In Tall Cotton
    • Hunt, Chris - The Bisley Boy
    • James, Henry - Turn of the Screw
    • Kent, Chris
      • The Boys of Swithins Hall
      • Luverboy's Memories
      • Beautiful Dreamers
    • Prime-Stevenson, Edward - Left to Themselves
    • Reid, Forrest - Uncle Stephen
    • Richey, Hursty - Near Fatal Attraction
    • Sartre, J.-P. - Childhood of a Leader
    • Zilinsky, Ursula - Middle Ground
  • Reviews of novels with Greek love as the main theme: authors A-L
    • Bernard, Frits
      • Costa Brava
      • Persecuted Minority
    • Berube, R.G. - Peg Boy
    • Birken, Heinz - Every Kind of Love is Love
    • Bradbury Robinson, C.J. - Minor Incidents, Williams Mix & Young Thomas
    • Caminha, Adolfo - Bom-Crioulo
    • Demelzi, Frank - Dancing with Finn
    • Downey, Rod - The Moralist
    • Duvert, Tony - When Jonathan Died
    • Edson, Jay - Marcus and Me
    • Edward, Alan - Kit
    • Eisenhardt, Jens - Kim, My Beloved
      • Review by Edmund Marlowe
      • Review by C. Caunter
    • Esser, Kevin
      • Street Boy Dreams
      • Dance of the Warriors
    • Fazil Bey - Book of Beautiful Boys
    • Foelske, Walter - Cousin Cousin
    • Geraci, Joseph - Loving Sander
    • Gilbert & Holt - Adam and the Paradise Garden
    • Grünewald, Alfred - Reseda
    • Henderson, Bob - Attic Adolescent
    • Huston, Bo - The Dream Life
    • Kröhnke, Friedrich
      • P14
      • This Berlin Summer
      • Aqualand
  • Reviews of novels with Greek love as the main theme: authors M-Z
    • Mackay, John Henry
      • Sagitta's Nameless Love
      • The Hustler
    • Mann, Thomas - Death in Venice
    • Marlowe, Edmund - Alexander's Choice (links)
    • Messina, Annie - The Myrtle and the Rose
    • Nicholls, Bron - Reasons of the Heart
    • Peper, Rascha - Rico's vleugels
    • Peyrefitte, Roger
      • Roy
      • Special Friendships
    • Rocco, Antonio - Alcibiades the Schoolboy
    • Stewart, Angus - Sandel
    • Taylor, George - Antinous
    • Williams, Roger - Lunch with Elizabeth David
    • Wolfe, Peter Thomas - You Can Be a King if You are Brave
  • Reviews of anthologies of Greek love stories
    • All Boys Together
    • Panthology One
    • Panthology Two
    • Panthology Three
    • Panthology Four
    • The First Acolyte Reader
    • The Second Acolyte Reader
    • The Third Acolyte Reader
    • The Fourth Acolyte Reader
    • The Fifth Acolyte Reader
    • The Sixth Acolyte Reader
    • The Seventh Acolyte Reader
    • The Eighth Acolyte Reader
    • The Ninth Acolyte Reader
    • The Tenth Acolyte Reader
    • The Eleventh Acolyte Reader
  • Reviews of novels with Greek love as a significant theme
    • Aitken, Will - Terre Haute
    • Bosc, Jean - The Marine Vice
    • Corvo, Baron - Stories Toto Told Me
    • Firbank, Ronald - (All novellas)
    • Fishback, Jere' M. - Josef Jaeger
    • Frame, Ronald - The Lantern Bearers
    • Gomez-Arcos, Agustin - The Carniverous Lamb
    • Hanley, James - Boy
    • Hartnett, P. P. - I Want to Fuck You
    • Hulse, Charles G. - In Tall Cotton
    • L'Heureux, John - The Medici Boy
    • Matzneff, Gabriel - Drunk on Lost Wine
    • Raven, Simon - Fielding Gray
    • Renault, Mary - The Persian Boy
    • Rice, Anne - Cry to Heaven
    • Saylor, Steven - The Judgement of Caesar
    • Sturgis, Howard - Tim
    • Tremain, Rose - Sadler's Birthday
    • Wheat, Carolyn - Dead Man's Thoughts
• Poetry
  • Full List
  • The Debate of Ganymede and Helen
  • [Anon.] - The Thousand Nights and One Night
  • Caunter, C. - Fulham Fantasia
  • Douglas, Lord Alfred - poems
  • Douglas, Norman - Limericks
  • Fazil Bey - The Book of Women
  • Fazil Bey - Erotic poems
  • The Greek Anthology
    • Introduction
    • Alkaios
    • Antipatros of Sidon
    • Asklepiades
    • Dioskourides
    • Kallimachos
    • Leonidas of Tarentum
    • Meleagros
    • Plato the philosopher
    • Rhianos
    • Simonides
    • Statilius Flaccus
    • Straton
    • Miscellaneous poems in The Garland of Meleagros
    • Anonymous poems in The Garland of Meleagros
    • Miscellaneous poems in The Garland of Philip
    • Miscellaneous poems of the imperial Roman era
    • Byzantine poems
  • Hilary the Englishman - poems
  • Hummingbird - A Boy on the Bus
  • Iraj Mirza - poems
  • Jem, Prince - Banquet Boys
  • Kallimachos - poems & hymns
  • Marbod of Rennes - poems
  • Nedîm - Beautiful Çârpâre Dancer
  • Obeyd-e Zakani - poems
  • Owen, Wilfred - poems
  • Reviews
    • Bradford, Revd. E. E.
      • (All poems)
      • Sonnets Songs and Ballads
      • Selected Poems
    • Slocum, Edward Mark (ed.) - Men and Boys: An Anthology
  • PDFs
    • Adelswaerd-Fersen, Jacques d' - Amour - Fr.
    • Bradford, Edwin - Romance of Youth
    • Darling, J. - Verses in the Manner of Strato’s Musa Puerilis
    • Fazil Bey - Hûbannâme - Ottoman
    • Nicholson, John Gambril - Love in Earnest
    • Slocum, Edward Mark (ed.) - Men and Boys: An Anthology
    • Smith, Arnold - A Boy's Absence
    • Somerset, Lord Henry - Songs of Adieu
    • Stefani, Mario - Other Gods
• Periodicals
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• Alexander's Choice
  • About
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  • Review in The London Review of Books
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  • Review in QX
  • Review by Mark Andrew
  • Review by C. Caunter
  • Review by Cuthbert
  • Review by F. D.
  • Review by Diogenes
  • Review by Emile Lucien
  • Review by John Mackay
  • Review by Son of Nietzsche
  • Review by Burnt Offerings
  • Review by Parsifal
  • Review by New York Resident
  • Review by Gary Scott
• Film
  • Full list
  • Not quite depicting Greek love
  • Special Friendships by Steven Freeman
    • Chapters 1-10
      • Contents and introduction
      • Boyhood culture
      • Silent mischief
      • Invisible boys in period films
      • The three loves of boyhood
      • Friendly no more
      • Kid sidekicks do have their uses
      • Desperadoes and their fellow travelers
      • The child as catastrophic friend
      • Boys on the bounding main
    • Chapters 11-20
      • The Western as playground (girls keep out!)
      • Bachelor fathers (it wouldn’t do to encourage it)
      • The outcast who does win the boy
      • Sons and their fathers - for better or worse
      • Men in boys’ bodies – and Vice Versa
      • Cuckoos in the Nest
      • The road has may turnings
      • Jealousy of the hired hand
      • Footloose and fancy free
      • The "pseudo" boy in commercial movies
    • Chapters 21-30
      • The cane in the cupboard
      • Teachers who are very fond ...
      • A friend in need
      • Follow Me, Boys!
      • Human cats, dwarfs, imaginary friends
      • Self-assembly boys
      • Amoral friendship - the vicissitudes of war
      • Burnt little fingers
      • The Thumbscrews they are a-Turning
      • I am the love that dare not speak its name (though you howl it back at me)
    • Chapters 31-40
      • The Watershed of "Innocence"
      • The A word cometh
      • Boys for hire (easy terms)
      • Minority reports
      • Sad and fleeting beauty
      • An Awfully Honest Film
      • Other titles of interest
      • Index by year
      • Index by name
      • The dark side of the coin
  • Asher Archive
    • Introduction & gateway to the entire archive
    • Films of Greek love interest
      • Abuse (1983)
      • Les amitiés particulières (1964)
      • Black Adder II: Bells (1986)
      • Blue Jeans (1976)
      • Burning Secret (1988)
      • Du er ikke alene (1978)
      • Fellini Satyricon (1969)
      • Gossenkind (1991)
      • If ... (1968)
      • Le juge et l'assassin (1976)
      • Lakki – gutten som kunne fly (1992)
      • Mandragora (1997)
      • Montreal Main (1974)
      • Now That It's Morning (1992)
      • Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio (1996)
      • Public Enemy No. 1 – The Man Who Killed a Hundred Boys (2001)
      • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984)
      • La Révolte des enfants (1992)
      • Il sapore del grano (1986)
      • Satyricon (1969)
      • Smukke dreng (1993)
      • Le souffle au coeur (1971)
      • Telo bez duse (1996)
    • Subjects of Greek love interest
      • Nudity
      • Promotions for the Child Abuse Industry
      • Sex & Sexuality
  • The Moving Picture Boy Archive
    • Introduction & gateway to the entire archive
  • Reviews A-F
    • Abuse (1983)
    • Les amitiés particulières (1964)
    • Death in Venice (1971)
    • El Diputado (1978)
    • Élève libre (2008)
    • En tu ausencia (2008)
    • Un enfant dans la foule (1975)
  • Reviews G-P
    • Guter Junge (2008)
    • Hermes (1995)
    • Jet Boy (2001)
    • L.I.E. (2001)
    • Nachttocht (1982)
    • Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)
    • The Police (1990)
  • Reviews Q-Z
    • Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984)
    • Shane (1953)
    • Sleepers (1996)
    • Das Sommerhaus (2014)
    • Whole New Thing (2005)
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