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What happened at the Battle of Mycale?

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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
Xerxes I

The Battle of Mycale, which took place in 479 BCE, was a significant engagement that occurred on the Asian coast opposite Samos during the Greco-Persian Wars.

As the Greek fleet moved to the offensive, the Persian forces refused to engage at sea. Instead, they beached their ships and joined a large supporting army on land. The Spartan king Leotychides responded by landing his troops farther north and launching an attack that resulted in a complete success for the Greeks.1

This victory, alongside the Battle of Plataea, effectively ended the Persian invasion of Greece that had been initiated by Xerxes I. The defeat marked a turning point that led to the end of Persian military ambitions in the Aegean and the subsequent rise of the Delian League.12