Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tsoron Helenawa na iya kai hari kan gadoji a Hellespont kuma su kama sojojinsa a Turai, Xerxes yanzu ya koma baya tare da yawancin sojojin Farisa zuwa Asiya, kodayake kusan dukkansu sun mutu daga yunwa da cuta a kan dawowar tafiya. Ya bar rundunar da aka zaɓa da hannu, a ƙarƙashin Mardonius, don kammala cin nasara a shekara mai zuwa. Duk da haka, a ƙarƙashin matsi daga Athenians, Peloponnesians daga baya sun yarda su yi ƙoƙari su tilasta Mardonius ya yi yaƙi, kuma suka yi tafiya zuwa Attica. Mardonius ya koma Boeotia don ya yaudari Helenawa zuwa fili, kuma bangarorin biyu sun haɗu kusa da birnin Plataea. A Yaƙin Plataea, sojojin Hellas sun ci nasara, sun hallaka yawancin sojojin Farisa kuma suka kawo ƙarshen mamaye ƙasar Hellas. A halin da ake ciki, a kusan lokaci guda a cikin jirgin ruwa na Mycale
, sun kuma lalata yawancin jiragen ruwa na Farisa da suka rage, don haka rage barazanar ƙarin mamayewa.