Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Themistocles (; ; "Kubwinya kweMutemo"; c. 524<unk>459 BC) akanga ari wezvematongerwe enyika weAtene uye mukuru. Akanga ari mumwe werudzi rutsva rwevezvematongerwe enyika vasiri vorudzi rwemadzimambo avo vakakwira mukurumbira mumakore okutanga edemokrasi yeAtene. Somunhu wezvematongerwe enyika, Themistocles akanga ari munhu aifarira zvido zvevanhu, achitsigirwa nevagari veAtene vomukirasi yepasi, uye kazhinji akanga asingawirirani nevakuru vakuru veAtene. Akasarudzwa kuva archon muna 493 BC, akanyengetedza polis kuti iwedzere simba rengarava reAtene, dingindira rinodzokororwa mubasa rake rezvematongerwe enyika. Mukati mokupinda kwevaPersia muGreece kokutanga akarwa paMarathon
(490 BC) uye zvimwe aiva mumwe wevaAtene gumi "strategoi" (mauto makuru) muhondo iyoyo.