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:''Not to be confused with Philhellenism, or Greek words for love''. The cultural impact of Classical Greek homoeroticism is a part of the history of sexuality. Later cultures have articulated their own discourse about homosexuality and pederasty, particularly at times when same-sex love was prohibited, through concepts shaped by the classical tradition. The metaphor of "Greek love" becomes most vivid historically in periods when the reception of classical antiquity is an important influence on dominant aesthetic or intellectual movements.〔Alastair J.L. Blanshard, "Greek Love," in ''Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. xi and 91–92 ''et passim''.〕
Following the work of sexuality theorist Michel Foucault, the validity of an ancient Greek model for modern gay culture has been questioned.〔Blanshard, "Greek Love," p. 161; Didier Eriobon, ''Insult and the Making of the Gay Self'', translated by Michael Lucey (Duke University Press, 2004), p. xxxiv.〕 In his essay "Greek Love," Alastair Blanshard sees "Greek love" as "one of the defining and divisive issues in the homosexual rights movement."〔Blanshard, "Greek Love," p. 161.〕 ==Historic terms== As a phrase in Modern English and other modern European languages, "Greek love" refers to various (mostly homoerotic) practices as part of the Hellenic heritage of Western culture; quotation marks are often placed on either or both words ("Greek" love, Greek "love", or "Greek love") to indicate that usage of the phrase is determined by context. It often serves as a "coded phrase" for pederasty,〔David M. Halperin, John J. Winkler, and Froma I. Zeitlin, introduction to ''Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World'' (Princeton University Press, 1990), p. 19.〕 or to "sanitize" homosexual desire in historical contexts where it was considered unacceptable.〔Patricia Pulham, ''Art and the Transitional Object in Vernon Lee's Supernatural Tales'' (Ashgate, 2008), p. 59.〕 The German term ''griechische Liebe'' ("Greek love") appears in German literature between 1750 and 1850, along with ''socratische Liebe'' ("Socratic love") and ''platonische Liebe'' ("Platonic love") in reference to male-male attractions. Ancient Greece became a positive reference point by which homosexual men of a certain class and education could engage in discourse that might otherwise be taboo. In the early Modern period, a disjuncture was carefully maintained between idealized male eros in the classical tradition, which was treated with reverence, and sodomy, which was a term of contempt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greek love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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