Σπαρτοί
From LSJ
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
English (Slater)
Σπαρτοί Sown Ones, those who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Kadmos, and to whom some of the Theban nobility traced their descent. πατροπάτωρ ἔνθα οἱ Σπαρτῶν ξένος κεῖτο (Amphitryon) (P. 9.82) Ἰφικλέος μὲν παῖς ὁμόδαμος ἐὼν Σπαρτῶν γένει (I. 1.30) ἢ Σπαρτῶν ἀκαμαντολογχᾶν (I. 7.10) ἢ Κάδμον ἢ Σπαρτῶν ἱερὸν γένος ἀνδρῶν ὑμνήσομεν; fr. 29. 2.
