Vernon L Provencal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4792801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vernon L Provencal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vernon L |
| FAMILY NAME | Provencal |
| SIGNATURE | PROVENCAL V L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Acadia Pharmaceuticals (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Truth in the Late Foucault
The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient world and the early church. Each essay features a deep examination as to how the topics of truth and sexuality intersect with and focus on Foucault’s engagement with ancient philosophy and thought. Truth in the Late Foucault offers readings on Plato, Artemidorus, Cicero, Sophocles and the Stoics, and pays close atte…
Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West
Preface * Introduction (Beert C. Verstraete and Vernon Provencal) * Reconsiderations About Greek Homosexuality (William Armstrong Percy, III) * The Dispersion of Pederasty and the Athletic Revolution in Sixth-Century BC Greece (Thomas F. Scanlon) * Glukus Himeros: Pederastic Influence on the Myth of Ganymede (Vernon Provencal) * Pindar's Tenth Olympian and Athlete-Trainer Pederasty (Thomas Hubbard) * Boeotian Swine: Homosexuality in Boeotia (Char…
Glukus Himeros
Pederastic influence on the myth of Ganymede enables it to evolve, in a continuous line of development easily traced in the history of Greek literature from Homer to Plato, into a homoerotic emblem of the spiritual union of the human and divine. Continuity in this history is marked by the thematic use of the Homeric phrase gammalambdaupsilonkappaùvarsigma 'ímicroepsilonrhoomicronvarsigma (glukus himeros, sweet longing) to describe sexual desire i…
The People of Plato
A New Model for Computerized Instruction in Classical Civilization
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A New Model for Computerized Instruction in Classical Civilization
The People of Plato
Glukus Himeros
Pederastic influence on the myth of Ganymede enables it to evolve, in a continuous line of development easily traced in the history of Greek literature from Homer to Plato, into a homoerotic emblem of the spiritual union of the human and divine. Continuity in this history is marked by the thematic use of the Homeric phrase gammalambdaupsilonkappaùvarsigma 'ímicroepsilonrhoomicronvarsigma (glukus himeros, sweet longing) to describe sexual desire i…
Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West
Preface * Introduction (Beert C. Verstraete and Vernon Provencal) * Reconsiderations About Greek Homosexuality (William Armstrong Percy, III) * The Dispersion of Pederasty and the Athletic Revolution in Sixth-Century BC Greece (Thomas F. Scanlon) * Glukus Himeros: Pederastic Influence on the Myth of Ganymede (Vernon Provencal) * Pindar's Tenth Olympian and Athlete-Trainer Pederasty (Thomas Hubbard) * Boeotian Swine: Homosexuality in Boeotia (Char…
Truth in the Late Foucault
The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient world and the early church. Each essay features a deep examination as to how the topics of truth and sexuality intersect with and focus on Foucault’s engagement with ancient philosophy and thought. Truth in the Late Foucault offers readings on Plato, Artemidorus, Cicero, Sophocles and the Stoics, and pays close atte…
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