which is a Greek word.

希腊语所称的暴君
Herodotus uses tyranny critically--well, you know, by and large,

希罗多德大体上算是僭主制的批判者
he depicts the King of Persia,

他将公元前490年
who finally invades Greece first in 490

终于首次入侵希腊的波斯王
and then another king in 480, these men are tyrants,

和前480年的另一位王通称为僭主
because they fit precisely the categorization of tyranny as the Greeks know it.

因为他们恰恰符合希腊人熟知的僭主范畴
In Aeschylus' play,

在埃斯库罗斯的剧作
Prometheus Bound,

《被缚的普罗米修斯》中
Zeus himself is seen to be a tyrant

宙斯也被认为是位僭主
and the word is used of him by characters

同样因他在剧作中的性格特征
in the play for the same reason.

而被屡屡冠以此称
He is punishing Prometheus for his good deeds towards men,

他因普罗米修斯对人类的善行而责罚他