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 restored the pipe, and the Kirrhans, who were in great distress, began drinking the water without knowing that Kleisthenes had poisoned it with hellebore. According to Polyaenus, a 2nd-century author, the attackers added the hellebore to the spring from which the water originated.