U-Prometheus uthathwa njengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwiintsomi zamaGrike. Nangona Wayengumntu oyinzalelwane yetitan yabemi behlabathi Ngaphambi kokufika koothixo baseOlimpiki, wayenxibelelana nabo kwaye wenza ubudlelwane ngokuhlanganyela kwindawo enye. Apha uya kubona ilivo leli qhawe liphethe kuhlanga loluntu. Uya kubazi ukuba babengobani abazali babo, ukuxhaphaza kwabo okubeka impilo yabo emngciphekweni wokunika iimpawu ezinokufa ezazingoothixo kwaye ubudlelwane bakhe noPandora odumileyo. Ngaphandle kokukwenza ulinde, qalisa ukufunda i-adventure enomdla yePrometheus.
Babengoobani abazali bakaPrometheus?
Ngexesha lobudala boothixo baseOlimpiki, iiTitans zazikho kwaye uPrometheus wayengomnye wazo. Wayengunyana ka-Iapetus kunye ne-nymph yaselwandle egama linguClymene.. Abantakwabo yayingu: Epimetheus, Menecio kunye neAtlas. Phakathi kwabo, u-Prometheus wayengoyena mntu unesibindi, okwazi ukucela umngeni koothixo nokuba zingamchaphazela njani ezi zenzo kamva.
Wenza ntoni uPrometheus?
Wayephethe uxanduva lokudala ubuntu, masibone ukuba inxaxheba yakhe kule nkqubo yayinjani. Ekuqaleni, yena nomntakwabo uEpimetheus babephathiswe umsebenzi wokudala izilwanyana kunye noluntu. Uyibonelela njani yonke into eyimfuneko ukuze baphile, zombini iimeko zomzimba kunye nendawo yokuhlala yohlobo ngalunye.
U-Epimetheus waqala ngokudala izilwanyana. Wabenza beentlobo ezahlukeneyo kwaye wanika nganye yeempawu ezahlukileyo komnye. Ngokweentsomi, iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo yayiyimveliso yokucinga kwalo mlinganiswa. Xa umntu kwakufuneka ayile, wabiza u-Prometheus, ke phakathi kwabo bobabini banokwenza into enkulu, yoqobo.
Kwakungalo mzuzu ukuba U-Prometheus waphefumlelwa ngokudalwa komntu amandla ahlukileyo kohlukileyo kwezilwanyana. Wabenza ukuba bacinge ukuba banokuzimela, banengqiqo kunye nengqondo kwizenzo zabo. Iimpawu zabo zomzimba zaye zahluka kubume babo, isimilo kunye nobukrelekrele. Inesakhono sokwakha imisebenzi abayidingayo ukwenza imisebenzi yabo.
Ngendlela efanayo, babenegunya kwizilwanyana zokuzifuya, kanye njengokuba babenokuwusebenza umhlaba ngokwezityalo, betyala kwaye bevuna izityalo zabo. Into ekhethekileyo u-Prometheus ayinike abantu yayinamandla okwenza umlilo, into eyamcaphukisa kakhulu uZeus kuba le yayiyinxalenye ehambelana noothixo kuphela. Oku kunye nezinye izinto ezakhokelela ekubeni afumane isigwebo esibi.
Amashishini ePrometheus
U-Prometheus wayengumntu onesibindi, onobuchule, ozimisele ukuphepha nabani na omi endleleni yakhe ukuze afezekise injongo yakhe yokunceda uluntu. Wayengoyiki oothixo bamandulo baseOlimpus kuba wayengowolunye uhlobo oluphezulu, wayeyititan, izidalwa ezazihlala kwindalo iphela ngaphambi kokufika kwezithixo zamaGrike. Ezi mpawu zalo mlinganiswa zongeze isibindi esifanelekileyo sokwenza ubuqhawe ebantwini.
Injalo imeko yokunikelwa komlilo ebantwini. Kwenzekile xa uPrometheus ecela uZeus ukuba avumele abantu bakhe babenomlilo, ukuze benze imisebenzi emininzi kwaye bapheke ukutya kwabo. Nangona kunjalo, uZeus wala ukwenza oko; eyamcaphukisa kakhulu uPrometheus, ngokokujonga kothixo welanga, angatsala idangatye elivuthayo kwaye ayise kubantu bakhe abathandayo. Eli nyathelo liphawule ukuqala kwempindezelo yothixo ngokuchasene ne-titan.
Njengokuba oko akwanelanga, ngeenjongo zokunika ukutya okumnandi emhlabeni, Uhlekise ngoZeus isihlandlo sesibini ngokumkhohlisa ngomnikelo weenkomo. Oku kwakungokoothixo, ngobuhlakani Prometheus wayinika abantu ukuze batye ngokutyebileyo ngeso sihlandlo. Ukususela ngalo mzuzu ukuya phambili, lo thixo wabhengeza esona sigwebo sikhohlakeleyo sesiGrike kwi-titan yesisa, njengesohlwayo sesenzo sakhe esingaxolelekiyo.
Ukohlwaya kuka-Prometheus
UZeus, ecaphuka kukuqina kukaPrometheus, ngokubhekisele kuko njengokuhlekisa koothixo, wayalela uHephaestus noCratos ukuba bamkhonkxe ngonaphakade elityeni lentaba yaseCaucasus. Apho uya kuhlala ngonaphakade ngaphandle komntu owaphula amatyathanga.
Kude kube lusuku olunye olulungileyo, Hercules, ogqitha kuloo ndawo ehamba nesaphetha kunye notolo, ubona umonde wokudeza kunye uthathe isigqibo sokuyikhulula ngaphandle kokucinga kabini. Akungabazeki ukuba u-Prometheus wayenombulelo ongapheliyo kuHercules ngokumisa ukumkhulula.
Prometheus kunye noPandora
Nje ukuba u-Prometheus akhululwe kwisohlwayo sikanaphakade, ukunxanelwa kukaZeus impindezelo kuya kwanda. Ngubani onokucinga ngento anokukwazi ukuyenza ezele yintiyo nobubi obuninzi ngokuchasene netitan noluntu lonke? Kuphela yingqondo ekhohlakeleyo enokwenza iyelenqe lokuziphindezela ku-Machiavellian.
Wadibana nabanye oothixo abanamandla kwaye ke wenza iyelenqe kwimpindezelo yakhe elandelayo. Uya kuba yintoni inyathelo lakho elilandelayo? Yenza umfazi omhle ukuba anike i-Prometheus, igama lakhe ibingu pandora. Wayephethe isipho esiyingozi awayefanele asizise kuye.
U-Hephaestus uthathe inxaxheba kule ndalo, owathatha udongwe kwaye wenza zonke izinto ezibonakalayo, uAthena wamenzela zonke iimpahla awayezinxibile, ngelixa uHermes ezinikezela ekumnikeni ubufazi kunye nobumnandi kunyango lwakhe. Ekugqibeleni, uZeus wayenguye owanikela ngobomi bakhe kwaye wenza isipho awayenaso ku-Prometheus.
Xa wayekulungele, uHermes wamsa ku-Prometheus. Ewe wayesazi ukuba kukho into engalunganga ngaba thixo banoburhalarhume. Ngaphandle kokulumkisa umntakwabo malunga nesicwangciso sikaZeus macabre, u-Epimetheus wanikezela kubuhle bakhe kwaye akazange akwazi ukumelana nokutshata naye.
Ngenye imini ngelishwa le nzwakazi yavula isipho, ibhokisi eyayithwele onke amashwa ayakuhlupheka ebantwini. Ububi bunwenwela elizweni kungekho mntu usindayo kubo. Kule Ibhokisi kaPandora ikwanalo nethemba, elingazange lisinde kunye nobubi namashwa, kuba wayivala ingekahambi.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ilivo laba balinganiswa badumileyo basikhuthaza kakhulu ukuba saziwe. U-Prometheus wayengumzekelo wesisa eluntwini. Usikhanyele isipho esibonakalayo kuba ebengabathembi abo bebemnikile kwaye, nangona wayemlumkisile umntakwabo ngaso, khange ahoye kwaye bonke behlelwe ziziphumo ezibi.
