How does Persians explain the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis?

In the play Persians (472 BCE), Aeschylus attributes the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis to a combination of human and divine factors.

The drama explains the loss through the following lenses:

• Greek Virtue: The play credits the victory to the bravery and independence of the Greek people.1
• Divine Retribution: The defeat is presented as a punishment from the gods for Persian folly. Specifically, the Persians committed an act of hubris by attempting to expand their power beyond the natural, divinely fixed boundaries of Asia.12
• Moral Folly: By overstepping these cosmic limits, the Persian leadership—represented by the broken and humiliated King Xerxes—incurred divine wrath, leading to the catastrophic failure of their naval forces.12

Unlike historical accounts that focus on tactical maneuvers or the strategic use of the narrow straits, Aeschylus’s tragedy focuses on the moral and theological implications of the conflict, framing the Persian retreat as a consequence of their arrogance against the established order.134