28_Hanging Out with Heracles

Julia felt as if she were living in a story from her social studies textbook. Heracles’ strength was amazing. No wonder everyone was still talking about him thousands of years later. Finally she couldn’t hold her feelings in any longer. “ Wow, ” she blurted out. “ I can’t believe I’m sitting here with the real, live hero Heracles! ” Heracles looked surprised. “ What do you mean?” Iphicles rolled his eyes. “ What do you think she means, brother? Everyone in Greece wants to meet you. Thanks to Zeus’ bragging, you’re nearly as famous as the king of the gods himself. ”

朱莉娅觉得自己仿佛生活在社会研究课本上的故事里。赫拉克勒斯的力量惊人。 难怪几千年后，每个人都还在谈论他。 最后，她再也抑制不住自己的感情了。“哇，”她脱口而出。“我真不敢相信我和真正的英雄赫拉克勒斯坐在一起！” 赫拉克勒斯看起来很惊讶。“你是什么意思？” 伊菲克勒斯翻了个白眼。“你觉得她是什么意思，兄弟？希腊的每个人都想见你。 多亏了宙斯的吹嘘，你几乎和众神之王一样出名。”

" It’s not that, ” Julia said, blushing. “ It’s just, I’ve heard so many of the Greek myths . . . ” She realized she was babbling, but she couldn’t stop. “ And you know . . . ” " Myths?” Heracles looked puzzled. “ About me?” " Trust me, someday you’ll perform great feats, ” Julia replied. “ You’ll be one of the most famous heroes ever. ” Iphicles frowned at Julia. “ It’s bad enough that Zeus keeps filling Alcides’ head with dreams of glory. You don’t have to make up even wilder tales. ” Julia felt annoyed by his challenging tone.

“不是那样的，”朱莉亚红着脸说。“只是，我听过很多希腊神话……”她意识到自己在胡言乱语，但她停不下来。“你知道……” "神话？”赫拉克勒斯看起来很困惑。“关于我？” "相信我，总有一天你会取得伟大的成就，”茱莉亚回答。“你将成为有史以来最著名的英雄之一。” "伊菲克勒斯皱着眉头看着朱莉娅。“宙斯不断地用荣耀的梦想填满阿尔西得斯的脑袋，这已经够糟糕了。你不必编造更疯狂的故事。” 朱莉娅对他的挑衅语气感到恼火。

She didn’t notice that Brody was also frowning at her. “ I’m not making up anything, ” she snapped. “ It’s all true. ” " How could you possibly know that?” Iphicles shot back. " Because we come from the future! ” Julia retorted. Then she gulped, realizing she’d said too much. “ Um, I mean. . . ” Heracles looked stunned. “ The future? You are oracles?” “ Not exactly. ” Julia finally noticed that Brody was making faces at her. But it was too late to take back her words.

她没有注意到布罗迪也在对她皱眉。“我什么都没编，”她厉声说道。“这都是真的。” "你怎么可能知道？”伊菲克勒斯还击。 "因为我们来自未来！”茱莉亚反驳道。然后她咽了一口气，意识到自己说得太多了。“嗯，我是说……” 赫拉克勒斯看起来目瞪口呆。“未来？你是神谕者？” ”也不是这样子。”茱莉亚终于注意到布罗迪在对着她做鬼脸。但现在收回她的话已经太晚了。

She took a deep breath. “ Uh, you know Hermes’ friend Caerus? I believe he’s the god of time?” ” He’s the god of opportunity and favorable moments, ” Iphicles said. “ I suppose he has something to do with time as well. What of him?” Markos spoke up. “ He created a crack in his temple. He used the crack to bring Brody here from the future. ” ” Yeah, ” Brody put in. “ Hermes wanted me to be his champion. And Julia came along by accident. ” It took a little more explaining, but eventually Heracles and Iphicles seemed to believe their tale.

她深吸了一口气。“嗯，你知道赫耳墨斯的朋友卡埃罗斯吗？我相信他是时间之神？” “他是机遇和幸运之神，”伊菲克勒斯说。“我想他也和时间有关。他怎么了？” 马科斯大声说道。“他在自己的太阳穴里制造了一条裂缝。他用裂缝把布罗迪从未来带到了这里。” “是的，”布罗迪插话道。“赫耳墨斯想让我成为他的冠军。而茱莉亚是偶然出现的。” 这需要更多的解释，但最终赫拉克勒斯和伊菲克勒斯似乎相信了他们的故事。

“ So I will be a hero?” Heracles asked thoughtfully. “ That’s good. I was beginning to think I might not even survive these Games. ” Julia chuckled. “ You’ll survive. And you’ll defeat horrible monsters and achieve great feats of strength. ” “ Good. ” Heracles nodded. “ What else? Will I marry and have children?” Julia hesitated. She didn’t remember all the details of Heracles’ personal life, but some of what she remembered wasn’t very good. “ Uh, I think so, ” she said.

”所以我会成为英雄？”赫拉克勒斯若有所思地问道。“这很好。我开始觉得我可能连奥运会都活不了。” 茱莉亚咯咯笑了起来。“你会活下来。你会打败可怕的怪物，并取得巨大的力量。” ”很好。”赫拉克勒斯点了点头。“还有什么？我会结婚生子吗？” 茱莉亚犹豫了一下。她不记得赫拉克勒斯个人生活的所有细节，但她记得的一些东西并不太好。“嗯，我想是的，”她说。

“ What about me?” Iphicles’ dark eyes were sharp and eager. “ Will I be famous as well? Perhaps for feats of horsemanship?” Julia gulped. She’d barely remembered that Heracles had a brother, and she had no idea what became of him. “ Er, you like horses?” she asked, hoping to change the subject. “ Iphicles is the finest hand with horses this side of Sparta, ” Heracles said proudly. He clapped Iphicles on the back. But Iphicles was still staring at Julia. “ Well?What happens to me?”

”那我呢？”伊菲克勒斯的黑眼睛敏锐而热切。“我也会出名吗？也许是因为马术的壮举？” 茱莉亚大大喘了口气。她几乎不记得赫拉克勒斯有一个哥哥，也不知道他后来怎么样了。 ”呃，你喜欢马吗？”她问道，希望改变话题。 ”伊菲克勒斯是斯巴达这边最优秀的马手，”赫拉克勒斯骄傲地说。他拍了拍伊菲克勒斯的背。 但伊菲克勒斯仍然盯着茱莉亚。“嗯？我怎么了？”