Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo mbiri huru dzakaumba nyika yechiGiriki. Hondo dzePersia (499<unk>449 BC) dzinorondedzerwa mu"Nhoroondo" dzaHerodotus. Pakupera kwezana ramakore rechitanhatu BC, Humambo hwePersia hweAchaemenid hwaitonga maguta ose echiGiriki muIonia (mhenderekedzo yekumadokero yeTurkey yemazuva ano) uye hwakanga hwawana nzvimbo muBalkan neEastern Europe chaiyo zvakare. Maguta echiGiriki eIonia, aitungamirirwa naMiletus, akamukira Umambo hwePersia, uye akatsigirwa nemamwe maguta makuru, kusanganisira Atene neEretria. Pashure pokunge kumukira kwacho kwaderedzwa, Dhariusi I akavamba hondo yokutanga yePersia muGirisi kuti atsive vaAtene. Muna 492 BC, mukuru mukuru wePersia Mardonius akatungamira hondo (akatsigirwa nechikepe) kuyambuka Hellespont, achidzokorora Thrace uye achiwedzera Makedhonia sehumambo hwakanyatsodzorwa. Zvisinei, asati asvika kuGirisi chaiko, ngarava dzake dzakaparadzwa nedutu pedyo neGomo reAthos. Muna 490 BC, Darius akatumira imwe ngarava yakananga mhiri kweAegean (pane kutevera nzira yepasi sezvakaitwa naMardonius) kudzvinyirira Atene. Pashure pokuparadza guta reEretria, ngarava dzehondo dzakasvika uye dzakatarisana neuto reAtene paMarathon
, iyo yakaguma nokukunda kwakasimba kwevaAtene. Mutsivi waDhariusi, Xerxes I, akavamba hondo yechipiri yePersia yeGirisi muna 480 BC. Pasinei nokukurirwa kwevaGiriki paThermopylae, pashure pokunge vaPezhiya vakunda kwechinguvana kuchamhembe nepakati peGirisi, maguta-nyika echiGiriki akakwanisazve kukunda zvachose vapambi vacho nokukunda kwezvikepe paSalamis uye kukunda kwevhu paPlataea.