Hera suggested a competition. Whoever made mankind peaceful first should apologize to the other. Hera liked Poseidon and envied the mother of the Goddess. She knew water was the source of life and could make people peaceful again.
天后赫拉建議兩人比賽,看誰(shuí)能更讓人類感受和平,誰(shuí)輸了誰(shuí)就向?qū)Ψ降狼浮:绽珢鄄ㄈ旨刀收x女神的母親,她知道水是生命的源泉,一定會(huì)讓人類感到和平。
The arena was a square in heaven. When Poseidon distributed clear water, people felt comfortable and at ease with it. At this moment, the Goddess became a tree with red trunk, green leaves and golden olives. Everyone felt its peace and love. Poseidon smiled at Goddess and knew she had won.
比賽的地點(diǎn)設(shè)在天庭的廣場(chǎng),由海神先開始。只見波塞冬朝墻上一揮,裂縫中就流出了非常美的水,晶瑩剔透,讓人看了以后感到無限的清涼與舒適。這時(shí)候正義女神變成了一棵樹,這棵樹有著紅褐色的樹干,蒼翠的綠葉以及金色的橄欖,任何人看了都感受到愛與和平。波塞冬朝女神微笑著,他知道女神的心愿終于實(shí)現(xiàn)了。
Poseidon and the Goddess restored their relationship. To commemorate the result, Zeus threw a balance on the sky and called it Libra.
人類認(rèn)識(shí)到和平的重要,女神與波塞冬和好如初,宙斯為了紀(jì)念這樣的結(jié)果,把隨身帶的秤往天上一拋,就有了今天的天秤座。