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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