来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第12集 第12集》
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But Herodotus is not, of course,当然希罗多德 -
himself a witness to any of the facts that he adduces.也并不是亲眼目睹了他所写的所有事件 -
Anyway, he asks总之 希罗多德提出 -
why did Cleisthenes of Athens do what he did.为什么克利斯提尼采取了以上政策 -
And his answer is a pretty stale one.他的回答比较没有新意 -
He was trying to copy his ancestor Cleisthenes of Sicyon,他认为他是想学习祖先西库翁的克利斯提尼 -
who also changed the tribes,这位祖先改变了部落体制 -
you may remember in Sicyon,你也许还记得在西库翁 -
from the old Dorian tribes to new tribes旧多利安部落到新部落的转变 -
that designated the wrong people like从而区分出那些做错事的人 -
--I mean to say the Dorians as swine men and ass men,我的意思是多利安人从来都不是什么好东西 -
and so on.诸如此类