That they should not have been duped into splitting their fleet into three parts each inferior th the smaller Greek fleet.

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But then, it was a bit late to learn that lesson, as they lost much of their fleet and the remnant had to withdraw to Mykale leaving the Persian army unsupported and unsupplied as they could no longer protect the supply ships.

They did in fact learn a lesson – the following year when the Persian army and its Greek allies was being defeated by the Greek coalition at Plataia, the Greek fleet descended on Mykale, and the Persian fleet refused to put to sea to fight another losing battle, barricading themselves around their beached fleet. This didn’t stop the Greek fleet which beached and the marines and sailors attacked and captured the Persian fleet on the beach.

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