Vim autem veneni, quod in Macedonia gignitur, talem esse constat, ut ferrum quoque exurat, ungulam iumenti dumtaxat patientem  esse suci; Stygem appellant fontem, ex quo pestiferum virus emanat.
Now it is a fact that the power of the poison which is produced in Macedonia is such that it even melts iron and that only the hoof of a draught-animal can  withstand the liquid; they call the fount from which the destructive poison flows the Styx.
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