 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Ngarava dzechiGiriki, nzira dzekurwisana nadzo, kufamba uye kutungamira pasi pevatungamiriri veAtene Strategos Themistocles zvakaratidza kuti zvaibudirira zvikuru panguva yeHondo dzechiGiriki nePezhiya 499 kusvika 449 BCE. Mauto mashoma echiGiriki akabudirira kunonoka ngarava dzePersia munhevedzano yezvombo zvegungwamuna 480 B.C.E. Kurwisana kwezvikepe zvegungwa kwakaguma mumigwagwa iri pakati pechiteshi chePiraeus nechitsuwa cheSalamis panguva yeHondo yeSalamis September 480 BCE, apo 371 triremes dzechiGiriki uye pentekonters vakakunda ngarava dzePersia dzaMambo Xerxes dzinosvika ngarava dzinopfuura 1,200, dzaisanganisira maFenikiya, maIjipita, maCilicia nemaCypriot. Guta reAtene, iro rakanga rakwira kusvika pakukwirira kwezvikepe pakati pemapolisi echiGiriki rakakundwa muHondo yePeloponnesian uye rakarasikirwa nengarava dzaro kurwisana nePeloponnesian League pasi paLysander muHondo yeAegospotami muna 405 BCE. 