Representation of myth in the novel, as a poetic, narrative and
aesthetic device, is one of the most illuminating issues in the
area of ancient religion, for such narratives investigate in
various ways fundamental problems that concern all human beings.
This volume brings together twenty contributions (six of them to a
Roundtable organized by Anton Bierl on myth), originally presented
at the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient novel (ICAN
IV) held in Lisbon in July 2008. Employing an interdisciplinary
approach and putting together different methodological tools
(intertextual, psychological, and anthropological), each offers a
illuminating investigation of mythical discourse as presented in
the text or texts under discussion. The collection as a whole
demonstrates the exemplary and transgressive significance of myth
and its metaphorical meaning in a genre that to some extent can be
considered a modernized and secular form of myth that focuses on
the quintessential question of love.
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