Of thirst and hunger, for both ills we bore;

And then to the Magnetian land we came,

And that of Macedonians, to the stream

Of Axios, and Bolbe's reed-grown marsh,

And Mount Pangaios and the Edonian land.

And on that night God sent a mighty frost,

Unwonted at that season, sealing up

The whole course of the Strymon's pure, clear flood;[[44]]

And they who erst had deemed the Gods as nought,

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