Zenobius 3.81

More cowardly than Epeius

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English

Proverb

More cowardly than Epeius

Explanation

so was Cratinus the comic poet called; perhaps because he was company-commander in the Oeneid tribe and showed himself rather cowardly; for Epeius too was a coward.

Greek

Proverb

Ἐπειοῦ δειλότερος

Explanation

οὕτως ἐλέγετο Κρατῖνος ὁ κωμικός· ἴσως διὰ τὸ ταξιαρχῆσαι τῆς Οἰνηΐδος φυλῆς καὶ δειλότερος φανῆναι· καὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἐπειὸς δειλὸς ἦν.

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