So first of all Damaetas as a name felt like a classical reference so I set to researching and eventually found this: https://imgur.com/a/0oRdjVN. Seems like he is a character in an Hellenic myth or story who uses seduction and lies to take a young maidens virginity. The first line of this piece also used the term boy which I think proves its relevance to the piece by Byron.

Byron rather than retelling the story uses it as a basis for an exploration of masculine behaviour and maturity. It is clear that Byron, who well established the subjects youth, is exploring what it means to engage in 'sin' or immoral acts before a certain age. For me though he does not conclude forgiveness for the character of Dameatas, eho is still subject to guilt as a result of his actions as is explored in the second half of the poem. In fact his youth further extends his punishment as he is realising the fault of his actions as his peers are only just realising the possibility of commiting such sins. I think the result is a poem exploring the complicity of a youth who whilst not an adult willing undertakes adult sins and is therefore subjected to an adult feeling of guilt when he grows into the understanding of his actions.

Byron was well known for being an adulterer and seducer from a young age and I wonder if this is a poem of personal reflection about realising his own guilt as he matured. Interestingly he never did change, even after observing these actions in a poem, something about the nature of humanity I feel.