But as far as institutions are concerned, the Iliad and Odyssey owe next to nothing to the Bronze Age. This was already pointed out, as we have seen, by Moses Finley in his The World of Odysseus (1954; second edition, 1978). During the Mycenaean era, Greece consisted of a number of small kingdoms that had a large bureaucracy. We find no trace of this bureaucracy in the Homeric epic. Writing is only mentioned once in a way that makes it appear extraordinary, in the story of Bellerophon told in book 6 of the Iliad. There is no evidence for the economic specialization that we now know was an important aspect of the Mycenaean palaces. There are no large numbers of slaves working away at producing oil or fabrics in Odysseus’ palace.