Epigram commemorating the Athenians who fell at the battle of Poteidaia
AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 79 Date: 432 BC
At Pot[eidaia these Athenians died?].
Immortal . . . to mark out excellence . . . and the strength of their forefathers . . . 5 a victory fine in war they got as their memorial when they perished.
Aither received the souls , and earth the bodies
of these men; and around the gates of Poteidaia were they severed.
And of their foes, some have their share of a tomb, others fled and
set their wall as the surest hope of life.