historical
background
In 501 B.C., Naxos suffered its first attack by the Persians, but managed to drive them back.
The Temple of Demetra
in Sagri.
However, in 490 B.C. the Persians launched another attack, this time successfully, and installed a pro-Persian regime on the island. During the wars between the Greeks and the Persians, the people of Naxos fought on the side of the other Greeks at Salamis and Plataea, in 479 B.C.
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