They engage in conspicuous display,

总之僭主们热衷于浮夸和炫耀
which is what tyrants also do,

他们已经对此习以为常
and they are filled with a tremendous ego

同时他们还极其自大
and a terrific sense of their own importance and self,

认为天下为我独尊
and so the kind of thing that made Archilochus say,

为此诗人阿尔基罗库斯曾评论道
"I'm not going to try to vie with the gods

"我不会像那些僭主们
the way these tyrants do."

试图与神攀比竞争"
Well, the story that herodotus tells and I think you will enjoy it,

如果你还没欣赏过希罗多德的出色散文
in his wonderful prose if you haven't gotten to it yet.

我想你会喜欢他的这个故事
Cleisthenes of Sicyon now is in charge;

我们现在处于公元前六世纪
we're in the sixth century B.C.,

此时是西库翁的克利斯提尼掌权
and he has a daughter and

他有个女儿