It was a combined Greek force to which Sparta provided a contingent. They lost.
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The battle was a holding operation to force a sea battle on the nearby coast to remove the Persian fleet’s threat to the southern cities and expose the Persian supply line. The Greeks lost the sea battle as well. The won a subsequent sea battle at Salamis ans a land battle at Plataia which decided the war in their favour.
