Epigrams Celebrating an Athenian Victory over Boeotia and Chalkis . Ca. 506 BCE. In Charles W. Fornara, Archaic Times t the End of the Peloponnesian War (No. 42).
See Herodotus 5.77. This is an important document for the early Athenian Democracy.
This is what the Greek transcription of the inscription looks like: Click here. Note that the Athenians claim to have broken the HUBRIS of the Boeotians and Chalkideans, and that the text is similar to Herodotus 5.77.
Translation:
Dedication of the spoils of victory over the Boeotians and Chalkidians
IG I3 501 Date: 505 BC – 446 BC
Base A[1] [With a painful iron chain], the sons of [the Athenians quenched arrogance, in deeds of war], [when they tamed the races of the Boeotians and Chalkidians], from whom they dedicated these mares [to Pallas as a tithe (of the spoils)].
Base B When they tamed [the races of the Boeotians and Chalkidians in deeds of war], the sons of the Athenians, [with a painful iron chain], quenched [arrogance], from whom they dedicated these mares [to Pallas] as a tithe (of the spoils).
https://www.atticinscriptions.com/inscription/IGI3/501
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