 Gore rakapfuura uto rokupinda rePersia, rinotungamirirwa namambo wePersia amene, rakanga rawana rukundo muhondo dzeThermopylae neArtemisiumuye akakunda Thessaly, Phocis, Boeotia, Euboea neAttica. Zvisinei, paHondo yeSalamis yakatevera, uto rehondo reGirisi rakanga rawana kukunda kusingadaviriki asi kwakasimba, kuchidzivisa kukunda Peloponnesus. Xerxes akabva adzorera nevakawanda veuto rake, achisiya mutungamiriri wake Mardonius kuti apedze vaGiriki gore rakatevera racho. 