Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mugore rimwe chetero uto rakabatana reGirisi raiva pasi paMambo weSpartan, Leotychidas, rakakunda
Hondo yeMycale. Apo rukundo urwu rwakaita kuti vaGiriki vokuIonia vapandukire, Sparta ndiyo yakaramba kuvagamuchira musangano reHellenic. Sparta akakarakadza kuti vanofanira kusiya misha yavo muAnatolia ndokugara mumaguta akanga atsigira vaPersia. Yakanga iri Atene iyo, kupfurikidza nokupa aya maguta mubatanidzwa yakadyara mbeu dzeDelian League. Muna 478 BC, ngarava dzehondo dzechiGiriki dzakatungamirirwa naPausanias, uyo akakunda Plataea, dzakatanga kufamba dzichienda kuCyprus neByzantium. Zvisinei, mufambiro wake wokuzvitutumadza wakamumanikidza kuti adzorerwe. Pausanias akanga aparadzanisa zvikuru vaIonians zvokuti vakaramba kugamuchira mutsivi, Dorcis, uyo Sparta yakatumira kuzomutsiva. Panzvimbo pezvo avo vakanga vachangobva kusunungurwa muPersia vakatendeukira kuAthens. Manyuko anopa pfungwa dzakasiyana zvikuru pamusoro pemhinduro dzevaSpartan pasimba reAtene riri kukura uye izvi zvingaratidza kusiyana kwemaonero mukati meSparta. Maererano nemaonero aya, rimwe boka revaSpartan rakanga rakagutsikana zvikuru kubvumira Atene kutakura ngozi yokuramba ichirwisana nePersia nepo rimwe boka raipikisa rakanga risingafariri zvikuru kupikisa kweAtene kutonga kwavo kwechiGiriki.