Greco-Persian Wars

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military conflict series of wars war

The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of early 5th-century BCE conflicts in which a coalition of Greek city-states, including Athens and Sparta, repelled invasions by the vast Achaemenid Persian Empire, shaping the course of classical Greek civilization.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Second Persian invasion of Greece	7
Persian Wars	6
Ionian Revolt	5
First Persian invasion of Greece	3
Greco-Persian conflicts in the Aegean	1
Persian invasion of 480–479 BCE	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Persian Wars
belligerent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persia Athens ⓘ Delian League ⓘ Ionian Greek ⓘ surface form: Ionian Greek cities Sparta ⓘ
cause	Ionian Revolt against Persian rule ⓘ Persian expansion into the Aegean ⓘ
commander	Artaphernes ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ Leonidas I ⓘ surface form: Leonidas I of Sparta Artaphernes ⓘ surface form: Mardonius Miltiades the Younger ⓘ Pausanias of Sparta ⓘ Themistocles ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes I of Persia
conflictBetween	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Greek city-states ⓘ
endTime	circa 449 BCE ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Marathon ⓘ Battle of Mycale ⓘ Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greco-Persian conflicts in the Aegean Ionian Revolt ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece
historicalSignificance	shaped the course of classical Greek civilization ⓘ
influenced	Greek identity versus “barbarian” others ⓘ classical Greek culture ⓘ development of Athenian democracy ⓘ
location	Aegean region ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Anatolian coast ⓘ surface form: Ionian coast mainland Greece ⓘ
partOf	classical Greek history ⓘ
primarySource	works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus’ Histories
result	Greek victory ⓘ Persian withdrawal from mainland Greece ⓘ formation of the Delian League ⓘ rise of Athens as a major power ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction of Athens by Persians in 480 BCE ⓘ
startTime	circa 499 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	early 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greco-Persian Wars → alsoKnownAs → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars

Serpent Column (originally from Plataea monument group) → associatedEvent → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Serpent Column

Treasury of the Athenians → associatedWith → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Marathon → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece

Battle of Salamis → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Thermopylae → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Darius I of Persia → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Revolt

Darius I of Persia → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece

Leonidas I → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Miltiades the Younger → conflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Mycale → conflictIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Plataea → conflictIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

works of Herodotus → coversEvent → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

this entity surface form: Ionian Revolt

Leonidas at Thermopylae → depicts → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars

Telesterion at Eleusis → destroyedBy → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian invasion of 480–479 BCE

Age of Pericles → follows → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars

Delian League → formedAfter → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Athenian army → foughtIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorEvent → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableWar → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Greco-Persian Wars → hasPart → Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece

Greco-Persian Wars → hasPart → Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Greco-Persian Wars → hasPart → Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Persian conflicts in the Aegean

works of Herodotus → mainTopic → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

Achaemenid Empire → majorConflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Revolt

Achaemenid Empire → majorConflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Classical Athens → majorConflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Xanthippus → militaryConflict → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Marathon → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Marathon

Battle of Marathon → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Battle of Mycale → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Battle of Plataea → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Battle of Plataea → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars

Battle of Salamis → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Battle of Thermopylae → partOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece

Aegina → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Boeotia → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Boeotians → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Cimon → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Corinth → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Locrians → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Locris → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Megara → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Samos → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Teos → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Revolt

Themistocles → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Troezen → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Xanthippus → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars