:for the geometer moth genus, see plataea (moth). plataea () or plataeae (; ) was an ancient city, located in greece in southeastern boeotia, south of thebes.mish, frederick c., editor in chief. âplataea.â websterâs ninth new collegiate dictionary. 9th ed. springfield, ma: merriam-webster inc., 1985. isbn 0-87779-508-8, isbn 0-87779-509-6 (indexed), and isbn 0-87779-510-x (deluxe). it was the location of the battle of plataea in 479 bc, in which an alliance of greek city-states defeated the persians. plataea was destroyed in the peloponnesian war by thebes and sparta in 427 bc and rebuilt in 386 bc. ==alliance with athens and presence at marathon==  herodotus tells that, in order to avoid coming under theban hegemony, plataea offered to "put themselves into spartan hands". however, the spartans refused this offer and, wishing to cause mischief between the boeotians and athens, recommended that the plataeans ally themselves with athens instead. this advice was accepted and a delegation sent to athens, where the athenians were agreeable to such a proposal. on learning that athens had accepted the alliance, the thebans sent an army against plataea, but were met by an athenian one. corinth attempted to mediate the dispute, and achieved an agreement that set the border between thebes and plataea. in addition, thebes made a commitment not to interfere with cities that did not want to be a part of a boeotian state. however, after the corinthians had left and athenians were starting their journey home, they were set upon by the boeotians. in the subsequent battle, the athenians prevailed and set the river asopus as the border between thebes and plataea. with athens as their ally, the plataeans were able to avoid subjugation by their neighbours and maintain their freedom. in honour of this debt, at the battle of marathon, plataea alone would fight at the athenians' side. herodotus describes how, on the eve of battle and faced with the formidable persian expeditionary force, the athenians had despaired of the spartans, or indeed anyone else, coming to their aid in what seemed to be impossible odds. sentinels spied dust clouds in the north and initially feared that another persian army, or a persian ally, was on the way to the battlefield. instead it was the plataeans coming "panstratiÃ¡", i.e., having sent "every available fighting man" (this is thought to have amounted to about 1,000) in athens' h
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