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'''Greek homosexuality''' which involved pederasty (sexual relations between a man and a boy with the boy as a passive partner) was a central feature of [[Greece|Greek]] civilisation, earning it a unsavory reputation which it still has today.<ref>http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/matthews.html</ref>  The writer [[E. M. Foster]] had a fictional character in the work ''Maurice'' call Greek [[homosexuality]] "the vice of the Greeks".<ref>http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/matthews.html</ref>   

'''Greek homosexuality''' which involved pederasty (sexual relations between a man and a boy with the boy as a passive partner) was a central feature of [[Greece|Greek]] civilisation, earning it a unsavory reputation which it still has today.<ref>http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/matthews.html</ref>  The writer [[E. M. Foster]] had a fictional character in the work ''Maurice'' call Greek [[homosexuality]] "the vice of the Greeks".<ref>http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/issue7/matthews.html</ref>   

The Old Testament scholar [[Gordon Wenham]] stated the following regarding Greek homosexuality:

The [[Old Testament]] scholar [[Gordon Wenham]] stated the following regarding Greek homosexuality:

{{cquote|Most of the ancient Near East adopted an attitude to homosexuality very similar to that of classical Greece5 and Rome which simply accepted it as long as it was done among consenting adults. Indeed Greeks and Romans often approved homosexual acts between adult men and youths where it was part of an ongoing educational relationship. This practice of pederasty does not seem to have been approved in the ancient orient, but in other respects the classical and oriental outlooks seem similar.<ref>[http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_attitude_wenham.html The Old Testament Attitude to Homosexuality, Gordon J Wenham, Expository Times 102 (1991): 259-363]</ref>}}

{{cquote|Most of the ancient Near East adopted an attitude to homosexuality very similar to that of classical Greece5 and Rome which simply accepted it as long as it was done among consenting adults. Indeed Greeks and Romans often approved homosexual acts between adult men and youths where it was part of an ongoing educational relationship. This practice of pederasty does not seem to have been approved in the ancient orient, but in other respects the classical and oriental outlooks seem similar.<ref>[http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_attitude_wenham.html The Old Testament Attitude to Homosexuality, Gordon J Wenham, Expository Times 102 (1991): 259-363]</ref>}}

==See Also==

==See Also==