Participação e Mobilização Política no Mundo Antigo

The objective of this paper is to approach the politics in the Homeric world in light of the anthropologic schools ' divergent views. Drawing initially from Runciman s and Flaig s work, we shall point out that Homeric society lacked the formalized institutions with which to configure a State in the proper meaning of the word. Afterwards, we shall formulate some critica I aspects, demonstrating the existence of an extremely dynamic political field