They then restored the pipe and the desperate Kirrhans immediately began drinking the water, unaware that Kleisthenes had poisoned it with hellebore. According to Polyaenus, a writer of the 2nd century the attackers added the hellebore to the spring from which the water came.
They later repaired the pipe and the Kirrhans began drinking the water without realizing that Kleisthenes had poisoned it with hellebore. According to Polyaenus, a 2nd-century writer, the attackers added the hellebore to the spring from which the water came.