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When reading 'The Histories', one of the things that really strikes you is just how fractious the Greeks were back then. It seems as if half the Greek city-states sided with the Persians, and various individuals from all over the place made a beeline for Xerxes to betray their countrymen for gold (Ephialtes, the one who betrayed the Greeks at Thermopylae, did just that). One of the stranger attempts to split the Greeks was made after Xerxes left Greece after the naval disaster at Salamis, by Xerxes' general Mardonius, who commanded those forces still in Greece. He sent an envoy (ironically, a Macedonian named Alexander) to the Athenians (who had been driven out of their homes, had their city burnt, and lost two harvests). Actually, there were two attempts... the first one, soon after Salamis. Alexander offered them not only their own lands back, but more as well. The Athenians dawdled on the negotiations, waiting for the Spartans to show up, which they promptly did. Sparta was frantically building a wall to close off the Pelopennese, but hadn't completed it yet, and offered Athens support for her non-combatants who were homeless. The Athenians declined the Persian offer. A second attempt was made later on, but after the Spartans had completed their wall. This time, it was the Spartans who dawdled, and they might have left the Athenians to their fate, except that apparently the Ephors decided it would be better to keep Athens in the alliance, since her siding with Persia would leave the Pelopennese wide open for invasion. Thus, the Spartans and Athenians and their allies eventually made their way to battle at Plataea, where the Persians were beaten thoroughly.

So, let us suppose that Athens accepts either of these offers. What happens next?
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