Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaPlataeans vakakwanisa kudzivisa kudzvinyirirwa nevavakidzani vavo uye kuchengetedza rusununguko rwavo nokuti vaitsigirwa neAtene. Mukukudza chikwereti ichi, pa
Muhondo yeMarathon, Plataea oga ndiye aizorwa ari kurutivi rwevaAtene. Herodotus anorondedzera kuti, pamuchato wehondo uye vakatarisana neuto rinotyisa rokuPezhiya, vaAtene vakanga vapererwa netariro yokuti vaSpartan, kana kuti mumwe munhuwo zvake, aizouya kuzovabatsira mune zvaiita sezvisingabviri. Vatariri vakaona guruva kuchamhembe uye pakutanga vakatya kuti rimwe uto rePezhiya, kana kuti shamwari yePezhiya, yakanga ichiuya kuzorwa. Panzvimbo pezvo vakanga vari vaPlataeans vaiuya "panstratiá", "i.e.," vachitumira "varume vose vehondo vaivapo" (ivava vanofungidzirwa kuva vakasvika ku 1.000) muawa yeAtene yechinodikanwa chikuru zvikurusa. Vaitungamirirwa nomukuru wavo mukuru, Arimnestos. Mukubvuma nokuonga kutendeka kwomuvakidzani wavo, vaAtene vakapa vaPlatai kukudzwa kworutivi rworuboshwe mukati mehondo (kuruboshwe ndiko kwakanga kwakachengeteka pamativi ose maviri). Pashure pehondo, vaPlataeans vakabvumirwa kugoverana zviyeuchidzo zveAtene uye mumitambo yechitendero (kazhinji chete yeAtene), zvibayiro nemitambo vachikumbira chikomborero chavanamwari veAtene.