 A bronze helmet (now in the British Museum), with an inscription commemorating the event, was dedicated at Olympia.Hieron's reign was marked by the creation of the believed first secret police in Greek history, and he was a liberal patron of literature and culture.The poets Simonides, Pindar, Bacchylides, Aeschylus, and Epicharmus were active at his court, as well the philosopher Xenophanes.