来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第8集第8集》

A tyrannos does not have to explain himself

一位僭主不需要对他的所作所为进行解释
and nobody would dare insist that he do.

并且也没有人胆敢要求他这么做
He need not consult anybody if he doesn't want to.

如果他不想他不用与人商量
He doesn't need to have the approval of anybody.

他无需征求任何人的同意
All of that makes him illegitimate.

所有这些都说明僭主制是非法的
Irresponsible is another I think that fits into the picture,

僭主制的另外一个特点是毫无责任感
because we shall see that certainly by the Classical Period

因为我们知道在古典主义时期
the Greeks felt that any regime to be legitimate

古希腊人认为所有合法的政体
must be responsible in the technical sense.

理论上都应该是对人民负责的
It must be answerable to somebody

它必须是对人负责的
because all human beings, was the philosophical core of this idea,

因为这个理念的哲学核心
are not to be trusted by complete power.

就是一切拥有绝对权力的人都是不可信的