Kunyangwe paine mutsauko uripo paruzhinji, maGreek vaive nepfungwa yekutanga yeiyo munhu. Inotarisirwa nevekare runyararo chimbo chakareruka chekuda kwevamwari kana madzimambo, munhu ari mufilosofi yechiGiriki anowana kukosha kwemunhu. Pfungwa yekuva mugari, senhengo yega yepolis, zvisinei nekuti ndevevakuru here kana kuti kwete, ichiita chimwe chezvipo zvakakosha zvetsika yechiGreek. Iyo chiGiriki mapurisa vakabatana kana kurwisana, asi vanhu vechiHellen vaiziva nyika imwechete, mukudyidzana kwezvinhu zvakaita seMitambo yeOlympic, chitendero, mutauro, pakati pevamwe.
Muzana ramakore rechinomwe BC, mazhinji emaguta-matunhu akapinda mumatambudziko, zvese nekuda kwekuderera kwesimba remadzimambo, pamwe nekushomeka kwenzvimbo dzakaorera, uye huwandu hwevanhu, izvo zvakakonzera kusagadzikana kukuru munharaunda. Dambudziko iri rakakurudzira maGreek kuti vatore iyo Mediterranean, zvakakonzera kutengeserana kwakasimba uye zvakawedzera kushandiswa kwechiGiriki semutauro wekutengesa.
Kuma 760 BC, maGreek akaumba makoloni kumaodzanyemba kweItari, muNaples neSicily. Vakakundwa nevaFenikiya nevaEtruria, vaisatombogona kutonga nyika dzese idzodzo, asi hunhu hwavo hwetsika hwakaratidza zvakanyanya shanduko yakazotevera yevanhu veItari peninsula.
Mushure mekoloni, chimiro chemagariro chemapurisa chakashandurwa. Vatengesi vakapfuma, nekuda kwekuwedzera kwemakungwa, havana kuda kuramba vachisiya hurumende mumaoko evakuru uye pamwe nevamwe varimi vakamanikidza kutora chikamu mukuita sarudzo. Atene, rimwe remaguta akapfuma kwazvo pachitsuwa ichi, rakazotanga shanduko yezvematongerwo enyika, pakati pezana ramakore rechinomwe nerechitanhatu BC, kuita demokrasi inofambira mberi yezvivakwa zvehurumende.
Muna 594 BC musanduki anonzi Solon akatora danho rekutanga mupfungwa iyi, nekumisikidza mutemo wakanyorwa, dare redzimhosva uye musangano wevanhu mazana mana, vamiririri vakasarudzwa zvinoenderana nehupfumi hwavo, vanoona nezve kudzika mutemo muzvinhu zveguta.