The ready opportunism of the Athenians, who had been lurking in thehills around the Plain of Marathon, where the Persian cavalrycouldn’t get at them, waiting for Spartan reinforcements to arrive.
When they saw the Persian cavalry being loaded onto ships, theydashed down and defeated the inferior Persian infantry who were notprotected by their cavalry, and the invasion ended.
When they saw the Persian cavalry being loaded onto ships, theydashed down and defeated the inferior Persian infantry who were notprotected by their cavalry, and the invasion ended.
