κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
V. στεγνός (Euripides, Cyclops).
a sheltering rock: V. πέτρα ἐπῆλυξ, ἡ (Euripides, Cyclops 680).
