来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第5集第5集》

On it there is little language and

它的上面只残存了一些只言片语
it's obvious it's talking about

但从中仍能清晰地辨认出
some kind of a town council.

它记载着某种城镇议会
This is the first time we have such a reference.

这是我们首次遇到这类的参考文献
The Greek words are, boule he demosia;

希腊文是 boule he demosia
the best translation I can come up with is

我能想到的最恰当的译文是
the council for the people.

人民的议会
It doesn't mean the council of the people necessarily,

它未必就是全体公民的议会
that would suggest something democratic.

那会带有一些民主的意味
It's probably more oligarchic or aristocratic,

它很有可能更像寡头制或者贵族制
but the point is this is something

但是它的重要意义在于
we haven't heard of ever before.

它开创了历史的新纪元