There was a wide range of legislation on man-boy relationships. At the beginning of the sixth century B.C., Solon the lawgiver, himself a pederast, had imposed the death penalty for any adult male found, without authorization, on the premises of a school, (where the boys would be below the age of puberty). Solon also declared it illegal for a slave to have a relationship with a free born boy, an unlikely eventuality in the case of educational pedastry, but this is an indication that the noneducational kind may have been on the increase. Further, any man who incited a free boy to offer his charms professionally (to prostitute himself), was liable to be deprived of his civil rights for life. However, the general impression conveyed by Athenian sources is that most pederastic offenses, like tow-away-zone parking today, were recognized as illegal only by those who were unfortunate enough to be caught.(III,p.92)
Men routinely engaged 'boys',i.e. adolescent males, as well as women of various ages. Youth seems to be a more established requirement for the male than for the female prostitutes; for women could be considered desirable in middle age whereas at the age of twenty a boy was already ceasing to be desirable. Greek men seem to have regarded the presence of hair upon the cheeks, thighs and hindquarters of maturing youth with intense sexual distaste. Youthfulness in women, to be sure, was also prized but it was not a requirement as it was for the males. Males , were desirable only between the onset of puberty and the arrival of the beard. Prostitution in Athens was not an especially secretive or scandalous affair. To be a prostitute was hardly a noble vocation, but to hire a prostitute did not cover you with shame. (Note that the city of Athens collected a special tax from the earnings of male and female prostitutes alike).(II, p.88-89)
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