Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, pashure pokukunda uku, ngarava dzaMardonius dzakaparadzwa mudutu pamhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo neGomo reAthos. Maererano naHerodotus, vaPezhiya vakarasikirwa nengarava 300 nevarume 20 000. Panenge panguva iyi, Mardonius akanga achitungamirira uto muhondo muThrace. Nepo Mardonius akakuvadzwa muhondo yacho, akakunda, achidzorera Thrace muumambo. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurasikirwa nengarava kwaireva kuti aifanira kudzokera kuAsia Minor. Akasunungurwa kubva pakutungamira kwake naDarius, uyo akagadza Datis naArtaphernes mudiki kuti vatungamire kupinda kweGirisi muna 490 BC, uye kunyangwe ivo vakazobudirira mukutora Naxos nekuparadza Eretria, vakazokundwa mu Hondo yeMarathon
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