 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Makore gumi gare gare, kudenha kwechipirirakatangwa nomwanakomana waDhariusi ainzi Xerxes. Maguta-nyika okuchamhembe nepakati peGirisi akazviisa pasi pemasimba ePezhiya pasina kuramba, asi mubatanidzwa wemaguta-nyika 31 echiGiriki, kusanganisira Atene neSparta, wakatsunga kudzivisa vapambi vePezhiya. Panguva imwe cheteyo, Sicily yechiGiriki yakapindirwa neuto reCarthage. Muna 480 BC, hondo huru yekutanga yekupinda yakarwiwa paThermopylae, uko kuseri kwevaGiriki vashoma, vachitungamirwa nemazana matatu evaSpartan, vakabata nzira inokosha inochengetedza moyo weGirisi kwemazuva akati wandei; panguva imwecheteyo Gelon, mudzvinyiriri weSirakuse, akakunda kupinda kweCarthaginian muHondo yeHimera. 