Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxvii
5. Part One: ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES
6. CHAPTER I. The Greek Mother-Son Relationship: Origins and Consequences 3
7. CHAPTER II. Symbols, the Serpent, and the Oral-Narcissistic Dilemma 75
8. Part Two: MYTHICAL DEFENSES AGAINST THE MATERNAL THREAT
9. CHAPTER III. Sexual Dominance: Zeus 125
10. CHAPTER IV. Masculine Antisepsis: Apollo 137
11. CHAPTER V. Matricide: Orestes 161
12. CHAPTER VI. Self-Emasculation: Hephaestus 193
13. CHAPTER VII. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 210
14. CHAPTER VIII. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 230
15. CHAPTER IX. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 264
16. CHAPTER X. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 285
17. CHAPTER XI. Maternal De-Sexualization: Perseus 308
18. CHAPTER XII. The Multiple Defenses of Heracles 337
19. Part Three: QUANTIFICATIONS, GENERALIZATIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS
20. CHAPTER XIII. Familial Emphases in Greek Myth: A Statistical Analysis 399
21. CHAPTER XIVI. A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Maternal Ambivalence and Narcissism 410
22. CHAPTER XV. Cultural Pathology and Cultural Development 440
23. APPENDIXES 467
24. BIBLIOGRAPHY 481
25. INDEX 503
26. Backmatter 514