text: A winning commander in this war was boarded up to the point of near starvation in a temple to a deity of the Brazen House after being accused of collaborating with the losing side.
full_question: A winning commander in this war was boarded up to the point of near starvation in a temple to a deity of the Brazen House after being accused of collaborating with the losing side. The losing side of this war had planned to dig a canal across the isthmus of Mount Athos. A king in this war ordered the construction of two pontoon bridges to cross a body of water that he had (*) lashed for being uncooperative. Its first phase ended with the defeat of Datis and Artaphernes by Miltiades, and began soon after the Ionian Revolt was quashed. The winning side of this war formed the Delian League after winning the Battle of Plataea. For 10 points, name this series of wars in which the losing king Xerxes beat 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.
first_sentence: A winning commander in this war was boarded up to the point of near starvation in a temple to a deity of the Brazen House after being accused of collaborating with the losing side.
raw_answer: Greco-Persian Wars