None of these noblemen, none of these kings, none of these heroes is back home in his own town ruling it.

没有哪一个贵族,国王或是英雄,会甘愿呆在自己的家乡当统治者

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The only people who could speak in the council or in an assembly were the noblemen, the basileis.

唯一可以在议会或者集会发言的人,只有贵族和部落酋长

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You find that the tombs of noblemen are very much the same one as the other.

你会发现君主们的棺木,和普通人的没有什么差别

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What the kind of regime that emerges along side the polis, is an aristocratic republic in which the noblemen have influence and power within the community by tradition and they are plural.

和城邦一同出现的政权制度,是一个贵族化的共和政体,贵族在城邦中依靠传统赋予他们的地位,发挥影响,拥有权力,他们的人数不止一个

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Any nobleman who wants to can say, "We ought to have a council," And then that council will come together and do whatever business they wish to do. The council, however, is limited to noblemen, to these basileis.

任何一个贵族都可以,我们应该开个政务会,那么就可以集会,讨论任何事项,但是,政务会,受君主和贵族的控制

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