This study aims at drawing the attention to the "condemnation "to which organizational theories - while supreme reason of modernity - have been subjected by the instrumentary rationality. The avail of Greek mythology as an analogical element only strengthens the mythical character of organizational theories.A mitologia grega reforçando o caráter mítico das teorias organizacionais. "Condenação" das teorias organizacionais pela racionalidade instrumental, enquanto razão suprema da modernidade.