Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yeSalamisi yakazotevera yaiva imwe yehondo dzakakosha zvikuru munhau. Themistokles akavharira vaPezhiya mugero rakanga rakamanikana zvokuti vakanga vasingakwanisi kutakura nhamba yavo yakakura, uye akavarwisa zvakasimba, pakupedzisira achikonzera kurasikirwa nengarava dzePezhiya 200 kurwisana ne40 dzechiGiriki. Aeschylus akanyora mutambo pamusoro pokukundwa, "VaPersia", uyo wakaitwa mumakwikwi emitambo yechiGiriki makore mashomanene pashure pehondo. Ndiwo mutambo wekare zvikurusa unozivikanwa kuti uchiripo. Pakupedzisira, Xerxes akanga achine ngarava dzakasimba kupfuura dzechiGiriki, asi akadzokera shure, uye pashure pokurasikirwa paPlataea mugore rakatevera, akadzokera kuAsia Minor, achisiya vaGiriki vakasununguka. Kunyange zvakadaro, vaAtene nevaSpartan vakarwisa ndokupisa ngarava dzePersia dzakanga dzakarara paMycale
, uye vakasunungura maguta akawanda eIonia. Hondo idzi dzaibatanidza triremes kana kuti biremes sepuratifomu yokurwisa, uye chinangwa chehondo chaiva chokurova ngarava yomuvengi uchishandisa murwi wakasimbiswa wechikepe. Mupikisi aizoedza kufamba-famba uye kudzivisa kuonana, kana kuti kumhanyira mauto ose kumativi akanga ava kuda kurohwa, nokudaro achirerekera igwa. Apo gondohwe rakanga rabva uye varwi vehondo vakapararira, gomba racho zvino raizova pamusoro pemutsetse wemvura uye raisazokuvadza zvikuru ngarava.