There is a wind at Salamis that still blows today. The Greeks would have known of this but the Persians would have been unaware. When the Persian ships advanced towards the Greeks, the Greeks waited for the south wind. The wind blew the Persian ships sideways (broadside), meaning that they were exposed and the Greeks could ram into them. The Greeks did this, which caused the Persians to panic and retreat. This was impossible for the Persians as they had so many ships that it caused a massive jam and none of the ships could escape.
The Persian forces waiting to massacre surviving Greeks were massacred themselves by the Greeks, as the Persian side had lost
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