A fleet from an alliance of southern Greek cities led by Sparta.
Persia .
In 480 BCE when the Greek fleed defeated the Persian fleet.
Athens defeated Persia primarily through its strategic naval superiority, exemplified in the decisive Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. The Athenian fleet, led by Themistocles, lured the larger Persian navy into the narrow straits, where their numbers were less advantageous. Additionally, the unity of the Greek city-states and their willingness to collaborate against a common enemy played a crucial role in the eventual defeat of Persia during the Greco-Persian Wars. This victory laid the foundation for the rise of Athens as a dominant power in the ancient world.
It was not the Greeks but the Greek city-state of Eretria.The Persians then switched to Athens which defeated them at Marathon.
It was a sea battle. The Greek fleet assembled at the island of Salamis in preparation to fighting the Persian fleet.
Xerxes I of Persia was defeated in the naval battle of Salamis by Athenian admiral Themistocles .
Persia .
They appeared in battle in Salamis.
Xerxes I of Persia .
Persia, except that the warfare went on for another 30 years.
It was the bend in the 'straight' at Salamis.
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
Salamis.
Battle of Salamis and later at the Battle of Plataea
In 480 BCE when the Greek fleed defeated the Persian fleet.
They defeated them in a sea battle at Salamis.
Naval Battle of Salamis (29 September 480): important battle during the Persian War, in which the Greek allies defeated the Persian navy .