The reception of Mediterranean Antiquity heritage is one of the dominant research areas in contemporary classical studies This issue has constituted the scope of the conference Reception of Ancient Myths in Ancient Modern and Postmodern Culture which took place at the University of L dz Poland in November 2013 The volume consists of the selected articles based on the conference papers They are divided into the main chapters Literature Visual and Performing Arts and Philosophy as well as Anthropology The authors consider different methods of reception of ancient myths focusing on various cultural phenomena literature fine arts theatre cinema and pop culture