J.A. Symonds's essay on the later aspects
of _paiderastia_, especially as reflected in Greek literature, _A
Problem in Greek Ethics_, is contained in the early German
edition of the present study, but (though privately printed in
1883 by the author in an edition of twelve copies and since
pirated in another private edition) it has not yet been published
in English. _Paiderastia_ in Greek poetry has also been studied
by Paul Brandt, _Jahrbuch fuer sexuelle Zwischenstufen_, vols.
viii and ix (1906 and 1907), and by Otto Knapp
(_Anthropophyteia_, vol. iii, pp. 254-260) who seeks to
demonstrate the sensual side of _paiderastia_. On the other hand,
Licht, working on somewhat the same lines as Bethe (_Zeitschrift
fuer Sexualwissenschaft_, August, 1908), deals with the ethical
element in _paiderastia_, points out its beneficial moral
influence, and argues that it was largely on this ground that it
was counted sacred. Licht has also published a learned study of
_paiderastia_ in Attic comedy (_Anthropophyteia_, vol. vii,
1910), and remarks that "without _paiderastia_ Greek comedy is
unthinkable.
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