Ἐπιφυλλίδα
leaf-sitter
Translated by William Hutton13 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a grape-picking; or a small cluster.1
The ones in the leaves. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "these are leaf-sitters and mouth-flappings."2 Meaning babblers and demagogues. In reference to those who seem to be wise men or poets. 'Leaf-sitters' are the little clusters lying next to the big clusters, but Kallistratos [says they are] the very things that are small in and of themselves. They are called this because of being hidden in the leaves, or [because they are] things that are beside the leaves themselves.
The ones in the leaves. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "these are leaf-sitters and mouth-flappings."2 Meaning babblers and demagogues. In reference to those who seem to be wise men or poets. 'Leaf-sitters' are the little clusters lying next to the big clusters, but Kallistratos [says they are] the very things that are small in and of themselves. They are called this because of being hidden in the leaves, or [because they are] things that are beside the leaves themselves.