来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第11集 第11集》

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  and so he's serving himself,
  所以从这点看他是为了自己
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  breaking down local power,
  瓦解地方势力
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  unifying the state into a single thing,
  统一各地
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  which is good in all kinds of ways,
  这些措施于各方都有益
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  but it's also good for the tyrant.
  也包括僭主本人
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  Now, the next thing I'm going to say is supposition;
  现在 接下来我要谈的是一个猜想
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  we don't have any ancient evidence for it,
  我们没有相关的文献证据
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  which is, of course, open to doubt.
  可供寻常的质疑查证
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  But I would argue that he must have confiscated some of the land
  但我认为他应该是将一些
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  of the aristocrats who opposed him and with whom he did not make a deal.
  敌对贵族和拒绝合作之士的土地充公了
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  I say that pretty much only for this reason.
  我之所以说很有可能 只出于以下原因
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  Before Peisistratus we have the story
  在庇西特拉图时期之前我们得知