Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Girisi yakadzivirirwa pakurwiswazve apo kusarongwa kwepakati (490<unk>480 BC) kwakaitika nekuda kwekumukira muEjipitori muna 486 BC uye chirwere chaDhariyasi nerufu gore iroro. Pakazosvika 480 BC, mutsivi waDhariusi, mwanakomana wake Xerxes I (485<unk>465 BC) akanga aunganidza uto guru, uye akafamba achienda kuEurope achiyambuka Hellespont achishandisa mabhiriji emabhiriji, achisangana nekukunda vaGiriki muHondo yeThermopylae gare gare gore iroro uye achiparadza Atene. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa nengarava dzePezhiya paHondo yeSalamis kwakaita kuti vaGiriki vatonge gungwa, uye Xerxes akadzokera kuAsia. Gore rakatevera (479 BC) vaGiriki vakawana kukunda kwakasarudzika paPlatea umo Mardonius akaurayiwawo, achiteverwa neimwe kukunda kwechikepe pa
Mycale. Girisi yakabva yaenda kunorwisa, ikakunda Byzantium neSestos uye nokudaro yakadzora Hellespont.