[…] And health to thee, O high-king, after I am gone, and to all the nobles of the Greeks.

It's Virgil who sends me to the hellebores. He mentions them as a component of an ointment to be applied to sheep suffering from skin diseases. The ointment comprises “olive oil lees mixed with silver slag, sulphur, pitch from Mount Ida, wax rich in oil, sea-squill, as well, and strong hellebore and black bitumen.”

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The most accurate way to take your temperature is by sticking a thermometer up your butt.