DISCUSSION: Dr. Jan Frank referred to the importance of assessing the myth of Medea within the Greek culture of the time. Dr. Austin Silber spoke of the mirroring function of the mother; if the child receives excessive unbound aggression and libido from the mother, there may be regression to the first oral stage and the receiving of gifts is felt as a peace offering from the mother. Dr. Alan Eisnitz pointed out that the threat of a gift is ultimately based on the patient's projections of his aggression; i.e., the problem is primarily an intrapsychic one. Dr. Max Schur was interested in the clinical material concerning the acceptance of gifts and its meaning in an analysis, but did not feel that the Medea analogy was convincing.