The Persians & the Greeks

The Persian's didn't really like the Greeks for many reasons. First of all the Greeks couldn't tell the difference between the Medes and the Persians. Also, the Greeks depicted the Persian queens as "vicious intriguers, poisoning rival wives and plotting to win the throne for their sons." This idea was completely wrong, but this is how the Greeks recorded this idea. The Greeks constantly recorded things about Persian life as facts, even though they didn't actually know anything about it. This made the Persians think that the Greeks weren't really worth their time, because if the Greeks weren't going to take the time to actually know about Persian culture, why should the Persians care about Greece. I think that is a very valid point, because why spend time doing something for someone that obviously does not respect you. In addition, the Persian empire was much more expansive and impressive then than the Greeks, so they were already above them. Also, Darius I was the most important ruler of the day, so he obviously wouldn't care about those below him.