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	''Catamite''~~was~~ a term used to refer to passive gay men or youths. It derives from the Latin ''catamitus'' ~~whyich~~ was in turn derived via Etruscan from the Greek [[Ganymede]] referring to the cupbearer of Zeus.		'''Catamite''' is a term sometimes used to refer to passive gay men or youths. It derives from the Latin ''catamitus'' which was in turn derived via Etruscan from the Greek [[Ganymede]] referring to the cupbearer of Zeus.

	C S Lewis in his autobiography described the social roles during his time at Wyvern College including the role of "Tart": "a pretty and effeminate-looking small boy who acts as a catamite to one or more of his seniors..." and noted that "pederastry ...was not [frowned upon as seriously as] wearing one's coat unbuttoned." <ref>C S Lewis, ''Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life'', Chapter IV ''Bloodery'', pp.83-84.</ref>		C S Lewis in his autobiography described the social roles during his time at Wyvern College including the role of "Tart": "a pretty and effeminate-looking small boy who acts as a catamite to one or more of his seniors..." and noted that "pederastry ...was not [frowned upon as seriously as] wearing one's coat unbuttoned." <ref>C S Lewis, ''Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life'', Chapter IV ''Bloodery'', pp.83-84.</ref>

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''Catamite''was a term used to refer to passive gay men or youths. It derives from the Latin ''catamitus'' whyich was in turn derived via Etruscan from the Greek [[Ganymede]] referring to the cupbearer of Zeus.

C S Lewis in his autobiography described the social roles during his time at Wyvern College including the role of "Tart": "a pretty and effeminate-looking small boy who acts as a catamite to one or more of his seniors..." and noted that "pederastry ...was not [frowned upon as seriously as] wearing one's coat unbuttoned." <ref>C S Lewis, ''Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life'', Chapter IV ''Bloodery'', pp.83-84.</ref>

[[Anthony Burgess]]'s novel 1980 ''Earthly Powers'' uses the word in its "outrageously provocative"<ref name="Tel">http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/jameshiggs/4739703/An_arresting_opening/ "An arresting opening" ''Telegraph''</ref> opening sentence: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."

The former MP [[Leo Abse]] called [[Daniel Defoe]] "[[William III]]'s catamite.<ref>Leo Abse, ''The bi-sexuality of Daniel Defoe: a psychoanalytic survey of the man and his works'' Karnac Books, London, 2006. ISBN 978-1-85575-456-0</ref>

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