015 集市之夜

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" Delicious." Hermes dabbed his mouth with a cloth and stood up from the dinner table. He glanced at Markos and Julia

“美味。”赫尔墨斯用餐布轻拭嘴角，从餐桌旁站起身来。他瞥了一眼马科斯和朱莉娅。

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" Too bad Markos and the girl forgot to get more eels, though. I would have liked a third helping."

“可惜马科斯和那姑娘忘了多买些鳗鱼。我本来还想再添一碗呢。”

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" I'm so sorry, Hermes," Markos' father, Nikolaos, said." I thought we had plenty of eels. It won't happen again."

“实在抱歉，赫尔墨斯，”马科斯的父亲尼可拉斯说道，“我以为我们准备了足够的鳗鱼。下不为例。”

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" Come, my friend," Caerus told Hermes." Let's find Dionysus and celebrate the fine evening."

“走吧，朋友，”凯罗斯对赫尔墨斯说，“我们去找狄俄尼索斯，共度这美好的夜晚。”

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" Yes." Hermes shot Brody a frown." Although I'm not much in the mood for celebrating after today's chariot practice."

“好。”赫尔墨斯朝布罗迪皱了皱眉，“不过经历了今天的战车训练，我实在没什么庆祝的兴致。”

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Without another word the two gods left

两位神祇没再多言，便离开了。

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Nikolaos frowned at his wife, who was helping Julia and the other girls clear the dishes

尼可拉斯朝正帮着朱莉娅和其他姑娘收拾碗碟的妻子皱起了眉头。

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" That was an embarrassment," he said." You know that eels are Hermes' favorite!"

“这太丢脸了，”他说，“你明知道鳗鱼是赫尔墨斯的最爱！”

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" How could I predict he'd eat twice as many as usual?" his wife retorted, sounding grumpy

“我怎么料得到他比平时多吃了整整一倍？”他妻子没好气地回嘴。

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She snapped her fingers at Markos." Markos! Go to the agora right now and tell the vendor that we'll want more eels this week

她冲着马科斯打了个响指。“马科斯！马上去集市，告诉摊贩这周我们要多订些鳗鱼。”

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We want only the freshest ones and plenty of them!"

我们只要最新鲜的，而且要多多的！

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" Yes, Mother." Markos stood up

“好的，母亲。”马科斯站了起来。

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" We'll come along and help you, Markos," Julia said." Right, Brody?"

“我们跟你一起去帮忙，马科斯，”朱莉娅说。“对吧，布罗迪？”

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" Huh?" Brody looked up from his meal." I'm not finished eating."

“啊？”布罗迪从饭里抬起头来。“我还没吃完呢。”

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" Come on," Julia said, yanking on his chiton so hard that Brody was afraid she was going to pull it right off

“来嘛，”朱莉娅说着，使劲拽他的希顿衫，布罗迪生怕她直接给扯下来。

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He glared at her. Back home he had barely noticed that Julia existed

他瞪着她。在家里他几乎都注意不到朱莉娅的存在。

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She was just a nerd who never came to the football games or did anything else interesting

她只是个书呆子，从不来橄榄球赛，也不做任何有趣的事。

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It was a lot harder to ignore her here in ancient Greece. When had she become so assertive?

在这古希腊，想无视她可就难多了。她什么时候变得这么强势了？

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He sighed loudly and stood up." Fine," he said

他大声叹了口气，站起身来。“好吧，”他说。

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" I'm exhausted after my long day of training for the Olympics, but whatever."

“我练了一整天奥运项目，累坏了，不过随便吧。”

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He grabbed one last olive and tossed it into his mouth

他抓起最后一颗橄榄，扔进嘴里。

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Soon the three of them were walking toward the agora

很快，他们三人就向集市走去。

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" What do you think?" Julia asked Markos

“你觉得怎么样？”茱莉亚问马科斯。

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" Is there any chance that Brody will get good enough at chariot racing in time to win at the Games?"

“布罗迪有没有可能在赛前及时提升战车赛的水平，在运动会上获胜？”

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" Why don't you ask me?" Brody said

“你为什么不问我？”布罗迪说。

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" I'm the one who has to do it. And controlling a bunch of crazy wild horses isn't as easy as it looks."

“我才是那个要去比赛的人。而且控制一群疯狂野马并不像看上去那么容易。”

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" It didn't look easy at all," Julia said." That's exactly my point

“看起来一点也不容易，”茱莉亚说。“这正是我想说的。

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What if you don't improve fast enough?

要是你进步得不够快怎么办？

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If you don't impress Hermes, he might break his promise to let us leave."

如果你不能给赫尔墨斯留下深刻印象，他可能会违背让我们离开的承诺。”

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Brody shrugged." I have more than a week to practice. Besides, who cares what Hermes thinks of me right now?

布罗迪耸耸肩。“我还有一周多的时间练习。再说了，谁在乎赫尔墨斯现在怎么看我呢？

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If I look bad at chariot driving, he'll be even more impressed when I win on the big day!"

要是现在我战车驾驶看着不行，等大赛那天我赢了，他才会更吃惊呢！

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Julia still looked worried." I don't want to get stuck here in ancient Greece forever."

朱莉娅依然面带忧色。“我可不想永远困在这古希腊。”

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She glanced over at Markos." Sorry, Markos. I don't mean to offend you."

她瞥了一眼马科斯。“抱歉，马科斯，我不是有意冒犯你。”

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" Don't worry, I'll win," Brody said." End of story."

“别担心，我会赢的，”布罗迪说。“就这么定了。”

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By then they were entering the agora

这时，他们正走进市集。

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Several young men were gathered near a fabric vendor's stall

几个年轻人聚在一个布料摊附近。

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Brody recognized most of them as other champions. A few waved to him

布罗迪认出了其中多数都是其他冠军。有几个人朝他挥手。

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" Did you hear the news?" Apollo's champion called." The mighty Alcides arrives soon."

“听说了吗？”阿波罗的冠军喊道。“那位强大的阿尔喀得斯快到啦。”

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" We heard all about it," Brody replied

“我们都听说了，”布罗迪答道。

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" So what? I'm glad we'll finally get the chance to see this guy."

“那又怎样？终于有机会见识一下这家伙了，我挺高兴。”

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Artemis' champion shook his head." I'm not so sure I want to see him," he said

阿尔忒弥斯的冠军摇了摇头。“我可不太确定自己想见到他，”他说。

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" I overheard Artemis talking with Ares and Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and home

“我无意中听到阿尔忒弥斯和阿瑞斯，还有灶台与家庭女神赫斯提亚的谈话。

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Zeus told them that Alcides strangled two enormous serpents with his bare hands when he was less than a year old!"

宙斯告诉他们，阿尔喀得斯在不到一岁时，就徒手掐死了两条大蛇！”

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" Serpents? That's nothing," said Demeter's champion." I heard that Alcides killed a dozen men before he was ten years old!"

“大蛇？那不算什么，”得墨忒耳的冠军说。“我听说阿尔喀得斯不到十岁就杀了十几个人！”

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" Well, I heard that Alcides eats human brains for breakfast," Artemis' champion added." Zeus says it makes him smarter."

“嗯，我听说阿尔喀得斯早饭吃的是人的大脑，”阿尔忒弥斯的冠军补充道。“宙斯说这让他变得更聪明。”

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" That makes sense," put in Ares' champion

“这就说得通了，”阿瑞斯的冠军插嘴说。

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" Because Ares told me that Alcides eats human muscles for lunch. It's supposed to make him stronger."

“因为阿瑞斯告诉我，阿尔喀得斯午饭吃的是人的肌肉。据说能让他变得更强壮。”

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Brody listened, not sure what to think about what the athletes were saying

布罗迪听着，不知道该如何看待这些运动员说的话。

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All these rumors were getting pretty tiring though

不过，所有这些传言也越来越烦人了。

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Just then a sleek deer raced toward them, dodging around the people in the agora

就在这时，一只皮毛光滑的鹿向他们疾驰而来，在广场的人群中左闪右避。

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" Whoa," Brody said." Loose animal!"

“哇，”布罗迪说。“有动物跑出来了！”

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The deer stopped in front of the group

那只鹿停在了他们面前。

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It seemed pretty tame, so Brody stepped toward it

它看起来相当温顺，于是布罗迪朝它走了过去。

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He was about to grab the deer when it suddenly transformed into Artemis

他正要抓住那只鹿，它却突然变成了阿尔忒弥斯。

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" Whoa!" Brody said again. He couldn't get used to the way the gods could transform into animals!

“哇！”布罗迪又叫了一声。他还是无法习惯神明能变成动物的样子！

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Artemis crooked her finger at her champion." Come, my boy," she ordered

阿尔忒弥斯朝她的冠军勾了勾手指。“过来，孩子，”她命令道。

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" You need to rest. We have much more training to do tomorrow."

“你需要休息。我们明天还有很多训练要做。”

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" Coming," her champion said

“来了，”她的冠军应道。

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" I'd better go, too," one of the others said." Ares will be looking for me."

“我也该走了，”另一个冠军说。“阿瑞斯会找我的。”

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Before long Brody, Julia, and Markos were alone again

不一会儿，又只剩下布罗迪、茱莉亚和马科斯了。

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" Wow," Julia said." This Alcides sounds really impressive. I'm surprised I've never heard of him

“哇，”茱莉亚说。“这个阿尔喀得斯听起来真的很厉害。真奇怪我从没听说过他。

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Though that story about the serpents seemed familiar. I think — "

不过那个关于蛇的故事好像有点耳熟。我想——”

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" You haven't heard of him?" Brody cut her off

“你没听说过他吗？”布罗迪打断了她。

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" That's cool. It means Zeus is probably exaggerating, right?

“那太好了。这说明宙斯很可能在夸大其词，对不对？”

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I mean, if Alcides was really that great, wouldn't we have studied him in social studies class?"

我的意思是，如果阿尔喀得斯真那么伟大，我们早该在社会研究课上学过他了，不是吗？”

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" Maybe." Julia looked troubled." Then again, it's not as if we could possibly learn everything about ancient Greece

“也许吧。”茱莉亚看起来有些困惑。“不过话说回来，我们又不可能了解古希腊的一切。

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Maybe Alcides really is a great hero, just not quite as great as the really famous ones like Heracles or Achilles."

也许阿尔喀得斯真是一位伟大的英雄，只是不如赫拉克勒斯或阿喀琉斯那么出名而已。”

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She sighed." I wish I had my phone so I could look him up on the Internet."

她叹了口气。“真希望我带了手机，能上网查查他。”

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Markos looked uncomfortable. Brody had noticed that Markos looked that way whenever Brody and Julia discussed their lives in the future

马科斯显得有些不安。布罗迪注意到，每当他和茱莉亚谈论未来的生活时，马科斯都会露出这种表情。

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" It's getting dark," Markos said." We should tell the vendor about the eels and get home

“天快黑了，”马科斯说。“我们该去告诉鱼贩鳗鱼的事，然后回家了。

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Brody, you need to rest too. Tomorrow is likely to be a busy day."

布罗迪，你也需要休息。明天很可能会是非常忙碌的一天。”