Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika zana ramakore rechitanhatu BC, kusagadzikana kwevanhu kwakapararira kwakatungamirira kukuvandudzwa kwaSolon. Ikoku kwaizovhura nzira yokuunzwa kworuzhinji pakupedzisira naCleisthenes muna 508 BC. Panguva iyi Atene yakanga yava simba guru rengarava rine ngarava huru, uye yakabatsira kupandukira maguta eIonia mukurwisana nokutonga kwePersia. MuHondo dzeGirisi nePersia dzakazotevera, Atene, pamwe chete neSparta, yakatungamirira mubatanidzwa wenyika dzechiGiriki uyo pakupedzisira waizodzinga vaPersia, uchivakurira zvine mutsindo paMarathon
muna 490 BC, uye zvikurukuru paSalamis muna 480 BC. Zvisinei, izvi hazvina kutadzisa Atene kutorwa nokuparadzwa kaviri nevaPezhiya mukati megore rimwe chete, mushure mekurwisa kwegamba asi pakupedzisira kwakakundikana paThermopylae nevaSpartan nevamwe vaGiriki vaitungamirirwa naMambo Leonidas, mushure mekunge Boeotia neAttica zvadonha kuvaPezhiya.