Hi @stoneboy - a lot of interesting stuff here. I had not heard of silphium before. Some of the language got a little hard to decipher in some of the later sections...

While pederasty was certainly around in ancient Greece, I would argue that, from the sources we have, Socrates did not seem to be a fan of the practice. According to Plato's telling, he rejected Alcibiades' strong flirtations. And he seems to reject in several other places.