What was the Greek word for homosexual?
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Published in Daily Trivia
Oddly, no term existed for "homosexuality" in ancient Greece -- there were only a variety of expressions referring to specific homosexual roles. Experts find this baffling, as the old Greek culture regarded male/male love in the highest regard. According to several linguists, the word "homosexual" was not coined until 1869 by the Hungarian physician Karoly Maria Benkert.
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