Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokukunda kwake paHondo yeThermopylae, Xerxes akapamba guta reAtene rakanga risisina vanhu uye akagadzirira kusangana nevaGiriki paIsthmus yeKorinde neSaronic Gulf. Muna 480 BC vaGiriki vakakunda hondo yePezhiya muhondo yeSalamis uye vakamanikidza Xerxes kuti aende kuSardis. Hondo yevhu yaakasiya muGirisi pasi paMardonius yakatorazve Atene asi pakupedzisira yakaparadzwa muna 479 BC paHondo yePlataea. Kukundwa kwokupedzisira kwevaPezhiya paMycale
kwakakurudzira maguta echiGiriki eAsia kupandukira, uye vaPersia vakarasikirwa nenharaunda dzavo dzose muEurope; Makedhonia yakava yakazvimirira zvakare.