Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achityira kuti vaGiriki vangarwisa mabhiriji akapfuura neHellespont ndokusunga uto rake muEurope, Xerxes zvino akadzokera nevakawanda veuto rePersia kuAsia, kunyange zvazvo vanenge vose vakafa nenzara nehosha parwendo rwokudzokera. Akasiya uto rakasarudzwa nemaoko, raitungamirirwa naMardonius, kuti ripedze kukunda gore rakatevera racho. Zvisinei, vachisimbiswa nevaAtene, vaPeloponnese vakazobvuma kuedza kumanikidza Mardonius kurwa, uye vakaenda kuAttica. Mardonius akadzokera kuBoeotia kuti anyengere vaGiriki kuti vapinde munzvimbo yakavhurika, uye mapoka acho maviri akazosangana pedyo neguta rePlataea. Muhondo yePlataea, uto reGirisi rakakunda zvine mutsindo, richiparadza uto rePezhiya rakawanda uye richigumisa kupindirwa kweGirisi. Munguvayi, panguva imwe cheteyo, pamhenderekedzo yegungwa
Muhondo yeMycale, vakaparadzawo zvakawanda zvezvikepe zvePezhiya zvakanga zvasara, nokudaro vachideredza kutyisidzira kwekupindazve.