8 Hera and Athena Make a Plan

CHAPTER 8 Hera and Athena Make a Plan Zeus was moved by Agamemnon's words. He decided to take pity on the Achaeans. Zeus sent an eagle flying over the head of King Agamemnon. The eagle carried a young deer in its claws. The eagle dropped the deer right in front of the Achaeans. The deer was alive, and it ran off into the distance. The Achaeans knew this was a positive sign from Zeus. Agamemnon addressed his men. "You have all seen this sign. Zeus sent us an eagle. He is with us today. Diomedes, you will lead us

赫拉和雅典娜制定计划宙斯被阿伽门农的话打动了。 他决定同情亚该亚人。 宙斯派一只鹰飞过阿伽门农国王的头顶。 老鹰用爪子叼着一只小鹿。 老鹰把鹿扔在亚该亚人面前。 那只鹿还活着，它跑到远处去了。 亚该亚人知道这是来自宙斯的积极信号。 阿伽门农向他的士兵讲话。 “你们都看到了这个征兆。 宙斯给了我们一只鹰。他今天和我们在一起。 狄俄墨得斯，你来带领我们

into battle. All the Achaeans will follow our strongest warrior to victory!" The soldiers' strength and courage were renewed. They charged back toward the Trojans with force. Diomedes led the way. The whole Achaean army followed. Teucer, an Achaean archer, sent an arrow flying through the air toward Hector. He missed but hit one of Hector's brothers. Teucer shot another arrow at Hector but missed again. This time he hit Hector's chariot driver. The driver fell off the chariot onto the ground. The chariot's horse stumbled and almost fell, too. Hector jumped from his chariot. He sent a mighty yell ringing through the air. Hector grabbed a rock and threw it at Teucer just as the archer let another arrow fly. The rock hit Teucer on the collarbone. He dropped to his knees, stunned. Ajax ran to Teucer's side and protected him with his

进入战斗。所有的亚该亚人都会跟随我们最强大的战士走向胜利！”士兵们恢复了力量和勇气。 他们向特洛伊人猛烈反击。 狄俄墨德斯带路。整个亚该亚军队都跟在后面。 托瑟是一名亚该亚弓箭手，他向赫克托耳射出一箭。 他没打中赫克托耳的一个兄弟。 托伊尔又向赫克托尔射了一箭，但又没射中。 这次他击中了赫克托耳的车夫。 车夫从车上摔到地上。 马车的马绊了一下，也差点摔倒。 赫克托耳跳下他的战车。 他在空中发出一声响亮的喊叫。 赫克托耳抓起一块石头扔向托伊尔，就在这时，托伊尔又射出了一支箭。 石头击中了托尔的锁骨。 他跪了下来，惊呆了。 阿贾克斯跑到托伊尔身边，用他的手保护着他

shield. Hector's anger was at full power. He let his army show the Achaeans how powerful it was. The Trojans took down soldier after soldier from the Achaean army. They pushed back their enemy. The Trojans began to win again. Hera saw the Trojan side gaining strength. Her anger boiled again. She called to Athena. "Are we going to let this happen?" she asked. "This is our last chance. I cannot bear to watch this maniac Hector defeat the Achaeans!" Athena agreed. "How can Zeus allow this? I have done so many favors for him. But now he just leaves the Achaeans to be crushed by the Trojans. And all this because Thetis cried that her son, Achilles, needed help." Athena and Hera had had enough. They put their armor on and got their horses ready. They rushed out of the gates to join

盾牌。赫克托耳的愤怒达到了顶峰。 他让他的军队向亚该亚人展示了他们的强大。 特洛伊人从亚该亚军队中夺取了一个又一个士兵。 他们击退了敌人。 特洛伊人又开始赢了。 赫拉看到特洛伊的力量越来越强大。 她又生气了。她呼唤雅典娜。 “我们要让这种事发生吗？”她问道。 “这是我们最后的机会。我无法忍受看着这个疯子赫克托耳打败亚该亚人！”雅典娜同意了。 “宙斯怎么能允许这种事发生？”我帮了他很多忙。 但现在他却任由亚该亚人被特洛伊人蹂躏。 而这一切都是因为忒提斯哭诉她的儿子阿喀琉斯需要帮助。” 雅典娜和赫拉受够了。 他们穿上盔甲，准备好马匹。 他们冲出大门，加入进来

the war. But Zeus sees all. He knew that Athena and Hera were disobeying him. Zeus sent a messenger to stop the goddesses from joining the war again. "They must not go against me on this matter," he warned. "Tell them they will suffer." The messenger rushed to find Athena and Hera. She met the goddesses close to the gates of Troy. "Zeus forbids you to take action in the Achaeans' name. He promises severe punishment if you continue." Hera turned to Athena. She felt defeated. "We must be careful," Hera said to Athena. "We cannot risk so much for mortal men. We must let Zeus decide their fates." Hera and Athena turned to go back to Mount Olympus. When the goddesses returned to the great hall, Zeus mocked them. "Why do you both look so sad? Are you tired from trying to join

这场战争。但宙斯能看到一切。 他知道雅典娜和赫拉在违抗他。 宙斯派了一个信使去阻止女神们再次参战。 “在这件事上，他们不可反对我，”他警告说。 “告诉他们，他们会受苦的。” 信使急忙去找雅典娜和赫拉。 她在特洛伊城门附近遇见了女神们。 宙斯禁止你以亚该亚人的名义行事。 他保证如果你继续这样做，他会严厉惩罚你。” 赫拉转向雅典娜。她感到失败了。 “我们必须小心，”赫拉对雅典娜说。 “我们不能为凡人冒这么大的风险。 我们必须让宙斯决定他们的命运。” 赫拉和雅典娜转身回到奥林匹斯山。 当女神们回到大厅时，宙斯嘲笑她们。 “为什么你们俩看起来都这么伤心？” 你累了吗

the mortals in battle?" he joked. Then Zeus turned serious. "If you had decided to interfere, neither of you would be allowed back on Mount Olympus again." Hera and Athena whispered to each other behind Zeus's back. Maybe they were forbidden to join in the battle. But they could still plot the end of Troy. They could still find a way to support the Achaean army. Back on the battlefield, night was falling. Hector knew he had to end the battle for the day even though his army had such great energy. He delivered a fiery speech to his troops to keep up their fighting spirit. "We are closer than ever, my friends! Zeus is on our side. But we must go back to camp for now. Rest up tonight. We will defeat the Achaeans tomorrow! We will either destroy them or send them running from Troy once and for all!"

凡人在战斗？”他开玩笑说。 然后宙斯变得严肃起来。“如果你决定干涉，你们两个都不会被允许再回到奥林匹斯山。” 赫拉和雅典娜在宙斯的背后窃窃私语。 也许他们被禁止参加战斗。 但他们仍然可以策划特洛伊的结局。 他们仍然可以找到支持亚该亚军队的方法。 回到战场，夜幕降临。 赫克托耳知道他必须结束今天的战斗，尽管他的军队有如此强大的能量。 他向他的部队发表了激烈的讲话，以保持他们的斗志。 “朋友们，我们比以往任何时候都更亲密！”宙斯站在我们这边。 但我们现在必须回营地去。 今晚好好休息。明天我们就能打败亚该亚人！我们要么消灭他们，要么把他们永远赶出特洛伊！”