Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντος

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference those who are extremely cowardly. For there was a certain cowardly man who, peeping out of a cave and seeing Heracles, was turned to stone; and the stone which looks like a person still remains to this day. For he was afraid of Heracles and went down into the cave and because of his cowardice he died.¹
And [sc. there is] another proverb: "more cowardly than Peisander".² "There Peisander came asking to see his soul, which had left him when he was alive." For he was excessively cowardly.³