The Hellenic Alliance of the Athenians

Many of the greek city states had already sworn allegiance to what they called a new hellenic alliance, an instrument for resisting the persian invasion. Despite its existence, some of the greeks, but not the athenians, actually joined the persian invaders. But after other greek surprising victories in four 80 to four 79, the greek allies then embarked on an offensive war against persian western asia and declared it a 'hellenicus polemos' Within 20 years, the hellenic alliance split into two blocks, athenians and their allies, and the spartans and theirs. It was artfully revived 150 years later as a rallying call for g