来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第8集第8集》

All of those tumultuous,troubling,

这种躁动不安惹是生非
changing forces that were at work in society were at work

变幻无常的社会力量在古希腊社会中发展
in bringing about this new kind of regime,

并为古希腊带来新的政体
which lasted from one to three generations

这种统治模式大概延续了三代人
among the Greeks before it faded away.

然后便逐渐衰败消亡
It was a transitional phase in Greek society,

这是古希腊社会的转型期
rather than one that lasted for a terribly long time,

它并没有持续很长时间
but it was not trivial,and, as I say,

但它的意义非凡就像我刚提到的
in some cases it went for three generations.

因为它影响了三代人
Okay, what is tyranny?

好的那么什么是僭主制呢
Let's begin with the word.

我们先说说这次词吧
The word Tyranneia is tyranny,

僭主制是Tyranneia