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Preface Acknowledgments IX xxvn PART ONE : ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES
I. The Greek Mother-Son Relationship: Origins and Consequences
II. Symbols, the Serpent, and the Oral-Narcissistic Dilemma
PART TWO : MYTHICAL DEFENSES AGAINST THE MATERNAL THREAT
III. Sexual Dominance: Zeus
IV. Masculine Antisepsis: Apollo
V. Matricide: Orestes
VI. Self-Emasculation: Hephaestus
VII. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 1, The Ritual
VIII. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 11, The Attack in the Womb
IX. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus 111, The Attack on the Neonate
X. Identification with the Aggressor: Dionysus iv, The Attack on the Mature God
XI. Maternal De-Sexualization: Perseus
XII. The Multiple Defenses of Heracles
