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by int_19h 2682 days ago
> When the Persians invaded 'Greece' - the infighting Greek states bound together and acted more or less as an entity to push out the invaders. Point being: 'Invading Persians' was not the same thing as 'Spartans invading Athens'.

You're reading an awful lot into a single anecdote. There were other occasions where some Greek polities allied with Persians against others.