024 又一次险境

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Julia watched as Brody started doing more push-ups

朱莉娅看着布罗迪开始做更多的俯卧撑。

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" It's hard to believe we were just talking to the real Heracles!" she said, thinking about all the stories she'd read about the mighty hero

"真不敢相信我们刚才在跟真正的赫拉克勒斯说话！"她说着，脑海里浮现出她读过的所有关于这位强大英雄的故事。

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" I mean, he's really famous. Everyone has heard of Heracles."

"我的意思是，他真的很有名。每个人都听说过赫拉克勒斯。"

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Brody sat up and glared at her." You sound like you're talking about a rock star or something, Julia," he snapped

布罗迪坐起来，瞪着她。"你听起来像是在谈论摇滚明星似的，朱莉娅，"他厉声说道。

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" The guy seems nice. But don't forget, he is the main thing standing between us and a trip home

"那家伙看起来不错。但别忘了，他可是挡在我们回家路上的主要障碍。"

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What did he do anyway that was so great?"

"他到底做了什么了不起的事？"

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" Heracles did all sorts of interesting things," Julia answered

"赫拉克勒斯做过各种各样有趣的事，"朱莉娅答道。

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" Some things were bad, but a lot of them were good

"有些事不好，但很多是好事。"

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For instance, he saved Prometheus from having an eagle peck out his liver over and over again."

"比如说，他救了普罗米修斯，让他免于被老鹰一次又一次地啄出肝脏。"

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" Prometheus? Who's that?" Brody asked

"普罗米修斯？那是谁？"布罗迪问。

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" He was a Titan — that's a different kind of god," Julia explained

“他是泰坦——那是另一种神。”朱莉娅解释道。

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" I'm pretty sure Prometheus is the one who created humans out of clay

“我很确定普罗米修斯是用黏土造出了人类。

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He also gave humans fire, which made Zeus mad

他还把火赐给人类，这让宙斯非常生气。

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So Zeus set up the pecking as punishment

于是宙斯安排了鹰啄作为惩罚。

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But eventually Heracles came along and set Prometheus free."

但最终赫拉克勒斯到来，解救了普罗米修斯。”

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Markos looked confused." When did this happen? Does Zeus know that Heracles did that?"

马尔科斯一脸困惑。“这发生在什么时候？宙斯知道赫拉克勒斯做了那样的事吗？”

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Julia shrugged." I guess it hasn't happened yet," she replied

朱莉娅耸耸肩。“我猜这还没发生呢。”她回答。

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" It probably happens later, when Heracles is an adult."

“可能后来才发生，等赫拉克勒斯长大以后。”

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Ares rushed toward them." Was that Heracles I saw leaving a little while ago?" he demanded

阿瑞斯冲向两人。“我刚才看到离开的那个是赫拉克勒斯吗？”他质问。

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" Yes, Ares," Markos said with a bow." He came to see the gymnasium, but Zeus summoned him before he got to look around."

“是的，阿瑞斯，”马尔科斯鞠了一躬。“他来看体育馆，但宙斯召唤了他，他还没来得及参观就走了。”

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The war god's eyes widened." You mean Heracles was here without Zeus?" he thundered." I missed my chance to destroy him!"

战神瞪大了眼睛。“你是说赫拉克勒斯没跟宙斯在一起，刚才就在这里？”他怒吼道，“我错过了干掉他的机会！”

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The war god's hair burst into flames, and he gnashed his teeth in anger

战神的头发燃起了火焰，他气得咬牙切齿。

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Julia jumped back to avoid being burned by the sparks flying off Ares' head

朱莉娅向后一跳，躲避从阿瑞斯头上飞溅的火花，以免被烫伤。

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Meanwhile Apollo wandered over. He smirked at the war god

这时，阿波罗溜达过来，对着战神幸灾乐祸地笑。

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" Are you having a tantrum, Ares?" he asked." And in front of mortals — tsk, tsk."

“阿瑞斯，你是在发脾气吗？”他问道，“而且还是在凡人面前——啧啧。”

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" Silence, sun god." Ares glared at Apollo." You should be upset too

“闭嘴，太阳神。”阿瑞斯瞪着阿波罗，“你也该感到恼火才对。

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Zeus' mighty champion was here alone just now, and we all missed him! It was our chance for sabotage!"

宙斯那位强大的冠军刚才一个人在这里，我们全都错过了！这可是我们搞破坏的好机会！”

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" He wasn't alone," Brody put in." His brother was with him."

“他不是一个人，”布罗迪插嘴说，“他兄弟跟他在一起。”

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He turned to Julia." What's the brother's name?"

他转向朱莉娅：“他兄弟叫什么名字？”

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" Iphicles." Julia wished Brody would stop talking to the gods

“伊菲克勒斯。”朱莉娅真希望布罗迪别再跟神说话了。

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Ares was another one who made her nervous, with his hot temper and fiery powers

阿瑞斯是另一个让她紧张的神，他脾气暴躁，还有烈火般的力量。

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And Apollo wasn't much better. She knew he was supposed to be Hermes' friend, but he seemed pretty sneaky

阿波罗也好不到哪里去。她知道他应该是赫尔墨斯的朋友，但他看起来相当狡猾。

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" Never mind," Apollo told Ares." We'll put an end to Zeus' bragging one way or another."

“算了，”阿波罗对阿瑞斯说。“我们总会想办法让宙斯不再夸耀的。”

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With a toss of his head, he suddenly changed into a huge, strange-looking creature

他头一甩，突然变成了一个巨大、模样奇怪的生物。

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It had the head, wings, and talons of an eagle and the body of a lion

它有鹰的头、翅膀和爪子，以及狮子的身体。

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It let out a terrifying scream while pawing the ground

它发出一声可怕的尖叫，同时用爪子刨着地面。

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" Whoa!" Brody said

“哇！”布罗迪说。

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" That's a griffin," Julia said, trying to hide her fear." It's a legendary creature."

“那是狮鹫，”朱莉娅说，试图掩饰她的恐惧。“那是一种传说中的生物。”

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" Yes." Ares sounded bored." It's one of Apollo's favorites

“没错。”阿瑞斯听起来很不耐烦。“这是阿波罗最喜欢的化身之一。

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I don't see how turning into one is going to help him get rid of Heracles though."

不过我不明白变成这个怎么能帮他除掉赫拉克勒斯。”

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Apollo transformed back into his usual shape

阿波罗变回了平时的样子。

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" Perhaps it won't help," he said with another smirk at Ares

"也许这没什么用，"他对阿瑞斯又露出得意的笑容。

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" But sooner or later, I'll find a way to sabotage Zeus' mighty hero. Just you watch."

"但迟早，我会找到办法破坏宙斯这位强大英雄的好事。你们等着瞧吧。"

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" Only if I don't find a way to sabotage him first," Ares said

"除非我先找到办法给他搞破坏，"阿瑞斯说道。

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Julia shivered as a creepy grin slid across the war god's face

看到战神脸上掠过一丝诡异的笑容，朱莉娅不禁打了个寒颤。

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She definitely wouldn't want to be in Heracles' sandals right now

她现在可绝对不想处于赫拉克勒斯的处境。

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All of the gods were conspiring against him

所有的神都在合谋对付他。

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Just then Artemis called Apollo's name from across the gymnasium

就在这时，阿尔忒弥斯从体育馆的另一头喊阿波罗的名字。

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Apollo hurried off to see what she wanted

阿波罗急忙赶过去看她有什么事。

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To Julia's relief Ares soon wandered away too

令朱莉娅松了一口气的是，阿瑞斯很快也溜达开了。

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" Wow," Brody said." A griffin would make a really cool football team mascot

“哇，”布罗迪说，“格里芬当足球队吉祥物肯定超酷。”

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Maybe I'll talk to the coach about changing our mascot to one when we get back."

也许回去后，我该找教练谈谈把吉祥物换成它。”

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" Don't you mean if we get back?" Julia muttered

“你该不会是想说‘如果我们能回去’吧？”朱莉娅小声嘀咕。

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" I'm sure the gods will come up with something for Heracles," Markos said quickly

“我相信众神会为赫拉克勒斯想出点子的，”马尔科斯赶紧说。

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" That reminds me, Brody. You should get back to training in case Hermes returns."

“这提醒我了，布罗迪。你该回去训练了，万一赫耳墨斯回来呢。”

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" Okay. It looks like there's nobody at the discus station right now," Brody said." I'll practice throwing the discus next."

“好吧。铁饼区现在好像没人，”布罗迪说，“我接下来去练扔铁饼。”

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Julia and Markos followed him across the gymnasium

朱莉娅和马尔科斯跟着他穿过体育馆。

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A discus was lying on the grass. As Brody stooped to grab it, Julia's eyes widened

草地上躺着一个铁饼。布罗迪弯腰去捡时，朱莉娅瞪大了眼睛。

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" Stop!" she cried." Don't touch that discus. It looks strange. See? The top is shiny, like a mirror."

“停下！”她喊道，“别碰那个铁饼。它看着好奇怪。瞧，表面亮得跟镜子似的。”

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" So what?" Brody sounded impatient." I can throw it whether there's a mirror on it or not."

“那又怎样？”布罗迪不耐烦地说，“管它有没有镜子，我都能扔。”

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" Don't, Brody," she urged him." I have a feeling something's wrong

“别，布罗迪，”她催促道，“我感觉有点不对劲。”

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Maybe you should look for a different discus, just in case."

或许你该另找一个铁饼，以防万一。”

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She could tell that Brody was about to start arguing with her again

她能看出布罗迪又要跟她吵了。

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But at that moment, a large fly buzzed past the kids and landed on the mirrored discus

但就在这时，一只大苍蝇嗡嗡飞过他们，落在了那面镜子铁饼上。

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Suddenly the mirror flickered — and the fly was sucked into it!

突然，镜面一闪——苍蝇被吸了进去！

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Brody gasped and leaned closer." Did you see that? That fly is gone!"

布罗迪倒吸一口气，凑近了看。“你看到了吗？那只苍蝇不见了！”

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" We should get away from here," Markos murmured. He looked nervous

“我们得离这儿远点，”马尔科斯低声说，他看起来很紧张。

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" That discus appears to be some trickery of the gods — probably Aphrodite."

“那铁饼像是众神的恶作剧——很可能是阿佛洛狄忒干的。”

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" I think you're right," Julia agreed with a nod

“我觉得你说得对，”朱莉娅点头同意。

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It made sense that the vain goddess of beauty would use a mirror for a prank

爱美的女神用镜子搞恶作剧，倒也说得通。

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Brody looked at Julia." Thanks," he said, sounding a little sheepish." You saved me."

布罗迪看着朱莉娅。“谢谢，”他说，语气有点不好意思，“你救了我。”

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" You're welcome," Julia replied. She turned away to hide her surprise

“不客气，”朱莉娅回答。她转过身去，掩饰自己的惊讶。

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As far as she could remember, that was the nicest thing Brody had ever said to her

在她记忆里，这是布罗迪对她说过的最好听的话了。

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But before she could think any more about that, Hermes returned and put Brody back to work

但她还没来得及多想，赫耳墨斯就回来了，又让布罗迪投入训练。