“The great Apostle of Paederasty.”

Lord Byron, letter to Francis Hodgson, June 25, 1809; cited from Leslie A. Marchand (ed.) Byron's Letters and Journals (London: John Murray, 1973-1994 ) vol. 1, p. 210.

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