Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - Ko tetahi atu whakaaro ko te hiranga o te rangatira ki te whakawhitiwhiti korero ki te ope whakaeke. I nga wa onamata, ko te tikanga o tenei ko te kingi me arahi i ana ope taua ki te whakarite kia tika ana whakahau me te whai, penei i a Alexander the Great (356<unk>323 BCE). I taua wā, ko ngā pūkenga e hiahiatia ana hei ārahi i ngā hōia i roto i te pakanga he mea nui tonu ki ngā pūkenga e hiahiatia ana hei whakahaere i tētahi whenua i te wā rangimarie. I te wā e tika ana kia haere atu te kingi ki tētahi atu wāhi, ka tukuna atu e ngā karere ngā kōrero hou ki muri, i runga i te hoiho, i ngā take pēnei i te Pakanga o Marathon
(490 BCE), me nga kaieke tere.