ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water
be a tanner: Ar. βυρσοδεψεῖν.
tanned by the sun: P. ἡλιωμένος (Plato).