Greek orator Libanius of the fourth century C.E. went so far as to say that tutors had to act as “guards of the blossoming youth, ” to“ drive out the undesirable lovers, thrusting them away and keeping them out, not allowing them to fraternize with the boys. ”
يقفون في وجه العشاق غير المرغوب فيهم ويقومون بصدهم وإبعادهم عن الصبية ومنعهم من معاشرتهم » .‏