Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muhondo chaiyo yeThermopylae, vaSpartan vakanga vatobatana nedzimwe "poleis" dzechiGiriki kurwisa vaPezhiya. Mukati me490
Hondo yeMarathon, kupindirwa kweGirisi naXerxes kwakaitika panguva imwe chete nomutambo wechitendero weSpartan, Carneia, umo vaSpartan vakanga vasingabvumirwi kurwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, vachiziva tyisidziro yavaPersia uye vasingadi kuoneka savanofarira vaPersia, hurumende yeSpartan, panzvimbo paLeonidas oga, yakasarudza kutumira Leonidas navarindi vake 300 kuThermopylae. Dzimwe "poleis" dzechiGiriki dzakabatanidzwa navarume 300 veSpartan uye dzakasvika hondo yose yechiGiriki pakati pa5.000 na6.000. Kubvumirana kwenhau pakati pevanyori venhoroondo vekare nenyanzvi dzanhasi kwakanga kuri kwokuti Thermopylae yakanga iri kukundwa kwechiGiriki kwakajeka, uye kudenha kwePersia kwaizodzorerwa bedzi muhondo dzapasi nedzechikepe dzapashure.