Bergeret notes that the myth of Oedipus was little discussed at the colloquium of psychoanalysts and Hellenists at which these papers were presented, and that the question of incest was accorded very little significance. He questions the current position of psychoanalysts concerning the importance of the conflicts around incest in the development of the child. He believes that analysts are at a point where confrontations with mythologues can result in a helpful review of psychoanalytic method with respect to these questions. It is time for a review of the exclusive emphasis on incest as the basis of the first fantasy formations in the child. Bergeret suggests many parallels between the Oedipus myth and the myths about Apollo; in a sense the two myths differ only in the question of incest. Possibly Freud insisted on incest as the essential of the Oedipus myth in order to avoid the question of the primitive preoedipal mother to which the myth of Apollo might have led.