Ngaphandle komehluko okhona kwezenhlalo, amaGrikhi ayenombono wokuqala we ukuba ngumuntu. Kubhekwe yiyo yonke impucuko yangaphambilini ithuluzi elilula lentando yonkulunkulu noma yamakhosi, umuntu kwifilosofi yamaGrikhi uthola inani lomuntu ngamunye. Umqondo wokuba yisakhamuzi, njengelungu elilodwa le-polis, noma ngabe bangabesicukuthwane noma cha, okwenza omunye weminikelo ebalulekile yesiko lamaGrikhi. I- ama-greek cops bahlangana noma balwa bodwa, kepha abantu baseGrisi babubona ubuzwe obufanayo, ekuhlanganyeleni kwezakhi ezinjengeMidlalo yama-Olimpiki, inkolo, ulimi, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC, iningi lamazwe asemadolobheni langena enkingeni, ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla amakhosi, kanye nangenxa yokushoda kwamazwe avundile, nokwanda kwabantu, okwadala ukungezwani okukhulu emphakathini. Le nkinga yenze ukuthi amaGrikhi enze ikoloni IMedithera, kwaveza ukuhweba okukhuthele futhi kwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwesiGreki njengolimi lokuhweba.
Cishe ngo-760 BC, amaGrikhi asungula amakoloni eningizimu ye-Italy, eNaples naseSicily. Bevinjelwe abaseFenike kanye nabase-Etruria, babengeke bakwazi ukubusa wonke lawomazwe, kepha ithonya labo lamasiko lakhomba ngokuguqukayo okwalandela kwabantu benhlonhlo yase-Italy.
Ngemuva kwekoloni, isimo senhlalo yamaphoyisa saguqulwa. Abathengisi abacebile, ngenxa yokwanda kolwandle, bebengafuni ukuqhubeka nokushiya uhulumeni ezandleni zezikhulu futhi bekanye nabanye abalimi bacindezela ukuthi babambe iqhaza ekuthathweni kwezinqumo. I-Athene, elinye lamadolobha achume kunayo yonke inhlonhlo, yabe isiqala inqubo yenguquko kwezepolitiki, phakathi kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX nelesi-XNUMX BC, kuya entandweni yeningi eqhubekayo yenhlangano kahulumeni wayo.
Ngo-594 BC umlungisi wezinguquko ogama lakhe USolon uthathe isinyathelo sokuqala ngalo mqondo, ngokusungula umthetho obhaliwe, inkantolo yezobulungiswa kanye nomhlangano wabangu-400, abamele abakhethwe ngokomnotho wabo, ababhekele ukushaya umthetho ezindabeni zedolobha.