A demagogue of bad character attacked by Aristophanes: a big fellow and great coward.
White was the Greek colour of victory. This passage, not easily paraphrased, is a poetic recognition of the latent sympathy of Aristophanes with the good cause.
A game said to be of Sicilian origin and played in many ways. Details of it may be found in Becker's "Charikles," vol. ii.