They were not 'afraid'. They took the necessary steps to oppose the Persian empire and were successful in beating them in several battles on land and sea in 480, 479, 468 and 450 BCE, finally signing a peace with then in 449 BCE
Because 1.They want to and 2.they were idiots
The Persian leader defeated by the Greeks was Darius.
The Greeks sank half the Persian fleet off the coast of Salamis.
Threat of annihilation by the Persian invasion
Persian War
Xerxes.
The Persian leader defeated by the Greeks was Darius.
The Persians attacked the Greeks in the Persian war
The Greeks prevailing over Persian expansionism gave to the Greeks confidence in their military arms to defeat Persian armies/navies .
The Persian Empire.
The Greeks sank half the Persian fleet off the coast of Salamis.
the Greeks and the Greeks lost
It essentially became a standoff - after the Greeks repelled the Persian attempt to incorporate them into the Persian empire, a peace was arranged and the Greeks went back to fighting each other. The Persian empire continued on until over-run by Macedonia.
Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.
Relieved.
Can you clarify where and when you are talking about, and what are Persian Greeks?
Poseidon doesn't hate Greeks, he doesn't really like Zeus for how hes treating him and Hates.
no