Muorivhi waiva chiratidzo cheMediterranean yose munguva dzekare. Pamwe chete nemuouki, ndiwo muti unoremekedzwa zvikuru mungano dzechiGiriki. Zvinofadza kuti vaGiriki vaishandisa maorivhi senzvimbo huru yemafuta. Nyama ndiyo yaidyiwa nemabharanzi saka yainzi haina kunaka.
Ngano dzechiGiriki dzinotsanangura kwakabva muorivhi muAtene sezvinotevera. Athena mwanasikana waZeus (mwari mukuru wengano dzechiGiriki) uye Metis, uyo aifananidzira ungwaru uye kungwara. Athena aive mwarikadzi wehondo ane hunhu hwaive mapfumo, ngowani nenhovo. Mukuwedzera, Athena aionekwa samwarikadzi wekururamisira uye uchenjeri, mudziviriri wemifananidzo uye mabhuku. Mhuka yake tsvene yaiva zizi, uye muorivhi waiva chimwe chezviratidzo zvake zvinomusiyanisa nevamwe. Chikonzero nei mwarikadzi akasarudza muorivhi sechiratidzo chake chinotsanangurwa mungano inotevera:
MuGreece, muorivhi unofananidzira rugare uye kubudirira, pamwe chete nekumuka uye tariro. Izvi zvinoratidzwa nezviitiko zvakaitika mushure mekupiswa kweAtene namambo wePezhiya Xerxes muzana ramakore rechishanu BC. Xerxes akapisa guta rose reAcropolis, pamwe chete nemiorivhi yeAtene yekare zana. Zvisinei, apo vaAtene vakapinda muguta rakatsva, muorivhi wakanga watotanga bazu idzva, kuratidzira kupora nokukurumidza uye kumutsidzirwa mukutarisana nenhamo.
Hercules, mumwe weanonyanyozivikanwa magamba engano, anobatanidzwawo nemuorivhi. Pasinei nezera rake duku, Hercules akakwanisa kukunda shumba Chitaeron chete nerubatsiro rwemaoko ake uye tsvimbo yemuti wemuorivhi. Nyaya iyi yaikudza muorivhi semanyuko esimba uye kurwisa.
Muorivhi, sezvo uri mutsvene, waiwanzoshandiswa sechipiriso kuna vanamwari kubva kuvanhu. Izvi zvinonyatsotsanangurwa munyaya ya Theseus, gamba renyika reAttica. Theseus akanga ari mwanakomana wamambo weAegean weAttica, uyo akapinda muzviitiko zvisingaverengeki muupenyu hwake hwose. Imwe yacho yakanga iri kurwisana neMinotaur pachitsuwa cheKrete. Pamberi pehondo, Theseus akakumbira Apollo kudzivirirwa zvakare.
Kubereka kwaiva humwe unhu hwomuorivhi. Athena ndiye mwarikadzi wekubereka uye chiratidzo chake chaive chimwe chemiti yakarimwa zvakanyanya muGreece, michero yayo yakadyisa Hellenes kwemazana emakore. Saka, vaya vaida kuwedzera kuorera kweminda yavo vakanga vachitsvaka muorivhi.
Ukama pakati penzanga yekare yechiGiriki nemuorivhi hwakanga hwakanyanya. Muorivhi waimiririra simba, kukunda, runako, njere, hutano, kubereka uye chaive chipiriso chinoera. Mafuta chaiwo omuorivhi aionekwa sechinhu chinokosha uye aipiwa somubayiro kune vanenge vakunda mumakwikwi.