The Spartans and the Persians
King Xerxes.
Can't remember the Persians singing poems to anyone.
Xerxes I of Persia
Their king, Xerxes I.
Thermopylae in Greece .
20,000.
The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae .
The Spartans were the Greeks that lost to the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae
about 20,000 Persians and 4000 Greeks.
The Battle of Thermopylae: The Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae against the Spartans, but it was a Pyrrhic Victory. The Battle of Salamis: This Naval Battle was critically won by the Athenians against the Persians. The Battle of Plataea: This Battle was won by the Alliance of Greek City States against the Persians.
They did not, the Persians won; the Greeks were WAAY outnumbered.