Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pashure pokukunda muhondo yeThermopylae, Xerxes akapamba guta reAtene rainge risisina vanhu uye akagadzirira kusangana nevaGiriki pachitsuwa chinonzi Isthmus cheKorinde 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 kwevaPersia pa
Mycale akakurudzira maguta echiGiriki eAsia kupandukira, uye vaPersia vakarasikirwa nenharaunda dzavo dzose muEurope; Makedhonia yakava yakazvimirira zvakare.