they actually opened the door for a form of government that

他们实际上开启了通往新形式政府的大门
didn't come in many places,

虽然涉及范围并不广泛
but did come in some,

但在某些地方卓有成效
and I'm talking about a Greek democracy.

即希腊民主政治的诞生
Let me revert finally to the question of

我们最后回过头看看僭主制破灭之后
how did Greeks think about tyranny after tyranny was gone?

希腊人对它是如何评价的
It played a terrific role in Greek thinking

僭主制在希腊思想中至关重要
and had a lot to do with the way the Greeks felt about their relations

并且深深影响了希腊人
with foreign powers and their own regimes.

看待邻国外交和本国政权的方式
One thing I'll just say in passing, and come back to it next time.

有一处我顺便提下下一节课再详谈
Sparta, because of its behavior in the sixth century

那就是斯巴达在公元前六世纪
and a little bit into the fifth,

和五世纪初