τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
Πῐτᾰνα a city in Sparta: its eponymous nymph, mother by Poseidon of Euadne. 1πρὸς Πιτάναν δὲ παρ' Εὐρώτα πόρον δεῖ σάμερον ἐλθεῖν (O. 6.28)
