ἀντίρροπος εἶναι
From LSJ
ἀνιαρῶς τε φέρει τὴν τελευτὴν, καίτοι γε τὸν πρόσθεν χρόνον διαχλευάζων τοὺς μορμολυττομένους τὸν θάνατον, καὶ πρᾴως ἐπιτωθάζων → he bears death with grief, although in a former time he criticized, and mildly derided, those that were fearing death
