The currency of mythology.

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*Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical School; and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell Medical Center. Versions of this paper were originally given at the William Alanson White Institute on January 19, 2000 and at the American Academy of Psychoanalysis conference in Chicago on May 14, 2000. I would like to express my gratitude to John Kirsch for sharing his knowledge of classics and to Heidi Lefer for help in preparation of this paper.