32_To the Temple

As soon as Hermes had disappeared into the house, Julia whirled to face Markos. " Why did Hermes laugh at the idea of my coming to the banquet?” she demanded. Markos looked surprised. “ Females are never allowed at that sort of banquet. And I think only unmarried females are allowed at the Games. ” ” What?” Julia frowned. She was getting tired of hearing about all the stuff that girls and women weren’t allowed to do in ancient Greece. “ But Hera will be at both events, won’t she?” Julia argued. “ She’s female! ”

赫耳墨斯一进屋，茱莉亚就转过身来面对马科斯。 "赫耳墨斯为什么嘲笑我去参加宴会？”她问道。 马库斯看起来很惊讶。“女性永远不允许参加这种宴会。我想奥运会只允许未婚女性参加。” “什么？”茱莉亚皱了皱眉。她听腻了古希腊不允许女孩和女人做的所有事情。 ”但赫拉会参加这两个活动，不是吗？”茱莉亚争辩道。“她是女性！”

” She’s a goddess, ” Markos replied. “ That’s different. All the goddesses will be there with their champions, of course. ” Julia glanced at Brody. He didn’t look upset at all. “ Aargh! ” Julia exclaimed, stomping away from the courtyard. “ Hey! ” Brody called after her. “ Where are you going?” Julia didn’t answer him or slow down. Right now she wished the boys would just ignore her, like everyone else in ancient Greece seemed to do.

“她是个女神。”马克斯说到。“那就不一样了。当然，所有的女神都会和她们的拥护者在一起。” 茱莉亚瞥了布罗迪一眼。他看起来一点也不沮丧。 “啊！”朱莉娅叫道，跺着脚离开了院子。 ”嘿！”布罗迪追着她。“你要去哪里？” 茱莉亚没有回答他，也没有放慢脚步。现在，她希望男孩们像古希腊的其他人一样，不理她。

But footsteps soon pounded behind her. A moment later Brody and Markos reached her. “ Are you all right?” Markos asked. ” She’s just upset because of the whole girl thing, ” Brody told him. “ In our world girls can do all the same stuff boys can do. ” He paused. “ Well, most stuff, anyway. They don’t usually play football. ” Julia rolled her eyes, but she didn’t respond. She was staring up at the Temple of Caerus. The moon had just risen, and the temple looked beautiful perched on the hillside in the silvery light. For a second she almost smiled.

但脚步声很快在她身后响起。过了一会儿，布罗迪和马科斯找到了她。 ”你没事吧？”马科斯问道。 “她只是因为女孩不能参加的事而难过，”布罗迪告诉他。“在我们的世界里，女孩可以做男孩做的所有事情。”他停顿了一下。“嗯，不管怎样，大多数东西都是。他们通常不踢足球。” 朱莉娅翻了个白眼，但没有反应。她凝视着卡埃罗斯神庙。 月亮刚刚升起，在银色的灯光下，寺庙坐落在山坡上，看起来很漂亮。有一瞬间，她几乎笑了。

Then she remembered that their only way home lay inside that temple. “ Let’s go up there, ” she said. “ To the temple?” Brody said. “ Why?” Markos looked worried. “ You’re not going to try to sneak through the rift again, are you?” ” We wouldn’t do that, ” Julia said. “ We know that would make Hermes punish your family. ” ” Yeah, ” Brody added. “ Besides, dinner will be ready soon at your house, and I’m hungry. ” ” It will only take a few minutes, ” Julia said. “ I want to try to peek in, to make sure the rift is still open. ”

然后她想起他们回家的唯一途径就在那座寺庙里。“我们上去吧，”她说。 ”去寺庙吗？”布罗迪说。“为什么？” 马科斯看起来很担心。“你不会再试图偷偷穿过裂缝了吧？” “我们不需要那样做，”茱莉亚说。“我们知道这会让爱马仕惩罚你的家人。” “是的，”布罗迪补充道。“此外，晚餐很快就会在你家准备好，我很饿。” “这只需要几分钟，”茱莉亚说。“我想试着往里偷看，以确保裂缝仍然敞开。”

“ Why wouldn’t it be open?” Brody asked with a shrug. “ Hermes said it would stay that way until after the Olympics, at least. ” Julia corrected him. “ He said it probably would. Anyway I just want to see it. ” She bit her lip, not wanting to admit that she was homesick. Being in ancient Greece was fun and sometimes interesting. But at other times it felt dangerous and hard; there were so many things she couldn’t do. “ I wonder what our parents are thinking, ” she said to Brody. “ Do you think they called the police when we went missing?”

”为什么不是开着的？”布罗迪耸耸肩问道。“赫尔墨斯表示，至少在奥运会结束之前，它会一直保持这种状态。” 茱莉亚纠正了他。“他说可能会，反正我只是想看看。” 她咬着嘴唇，不想承认自己想家了。虽然在古希腊生活很有趣，一些事情也很有趣。 但在有时候，它感到危险和艰难，有很多事情她做不了。 ”我想知道我们的父母在想什么，”她对布罗迪说。“你认为我们失踪时他们报警了吗？”

He looked startled. “ I never really thought about that. They probably did. They must be super worried about us, right?” Julia nodded, glancing at the temple again. “ At least we’ll be home soon. The Games are only three days away. ” “ Right. ” Brody stared at the temple. “ Maybe it’s not a bad idea to try to get a peek at the rift. ” Julia smiled at him. He smiled back. Then he turned away and charged up the path. ” Be careful, Brody! ” Markos called. “ We don’t want the guard to see us, or he might tell Hermes we were looking around the temple. ”

他看起来很吃惊。“我从来没有想过这一点。他们可能真的想过。他们一定非常担心我们，对吧？” 茱莉亚点了点头，又瞥了一眼寺庙。“至少我们很快就要回家了。离奥运会只有三天了。” ”对。”布罗迪凝视着寺庙。“也许尝试窥探一下裂痕并不是一个坏主意。” 茱莉亚对他笑了笑。他报以微笑。然后，他转身向小路冲去。 “小心，布罗迪！”马库斯打来电话。“我们不想让警卫看到我们，否则他可能会告诉赫耳墨斯，我们正在神庙周围寻找。”