The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Thermopylae
The battle of Salamis
One word that illustrates how the Greeks ended up defeating the Persian Empire is hard-work. The Greeks worked very hard because in every battle they were outnumbered. The Spartans trained for battle in military school since they were seven. The Persians many times tried to burn down Greece so the Greeks would have to fight hard so they weren't able to do that. Many of there enemy's were scared of them because they knew how hard the Greeks would work to defend themselves. The Greeks were very hard workers and you can tell by the way they fought in the Persian Wars.