Imbali ithi kwiGrisi yamandulo kwakukho iqhawe elikhulu elalihlonitshwa ngawo onke amaqabane alo ukuba akhaliphile kwaye omelele, kwaye iintshaba zakhe zazisoyika ngenxa yobuchule bakhe bokulwa ngokuchanekileyo obafunde koothixo babo. Kwabizwa IiAchilles kwaye imele omnye wabalinganiswa abaziwayo kwiNtaba iOlimpus. Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi intsomi yayo?
Ndifuna ukukuxelela ngobomi obudumileyo balo mphumi-mkhosi woyikwayo ukuze wazi awona maxesha abalulekileyo obomi bakhe. Uya kubona ukususela ekuzalweni kwakhe kude kube sekufeni kwakhe. Inkqubo ye- kwakutheni ukuze abe ngumntu othembekileyo nendlela awabhubha ngayo ukusuka entloko kuye emaqatheni, kodwa nokufa ezinyaweni zakhe. Ngesi sizathu utolo kwi isithende sakhe sabangela ukufa kwakhe.
Babengoobani abazali baka-Achilles?
U-Achilles wayevela kumanyano olungaqhelekanga, kuye kwakudityaniswe iindalo ezimbini: umntu kunye noothixo. Uyise wayenjalo Ndiyalwa, iqhawe elibulalayo owayenelungelo lokutshata Thetis, uthixokazi ongafiyo weOlimpus.
Wayengumfazi wobuhle obungenakuthelekiswa nanto, emhle kangangokuba uZeus noPoseidon bafuna uthando lwakhe ixesha elide, kodwa bafunda ngento eyoyikekayo, eya kuthi ibeke amandla abo e-Olympus emngciphekweni, ngenxa yesi sizathu bancama uthando lwabo ngeThetis.
Zeziphi ezi ndaba zoyikisayo zakoyikisa kakhulu? Ngenye imini, i-titan Prometheus yanika uthixo uZeyus, le nto yaphosa isiprofeto esingalindelekanga. Apho bayibona loo nto UTytis uza kuzala unyana onamandla kakhulu, okwaziyo ukulawula uyise ukuya kwinqanaba lokuthabatha ulawulo lwakhe.
UZeyus kunye noPoseidon boyika kakhulu xa besiva ngeendaba ezimbi kangaka, ke ngoko, akukho namnye kubo owayefuna ukuba ngutata walesi sidalwa sikhohlakeleyo, ke bavumela isithixokazi esihle ukuba sitshate umntu nje ofayo.
Usuku lomtshato omkhulu kaThetis noPeleus lwafika. Ngexesha lesidlo, uEris, uthixokazi wokungavisisani, wabangela impikiswano phakathi koothixokazi uHera, uAthena noAphrodite; sisiqalo sento eza kuba sisiphelo sika-Achilles.
Zonke iindwendwe zinqwenelele ulonwabo kwabasandul 'ukutshata ukuze bahlale kamnandi, nangona kunjalo, oku akwenzekanga ngoluhlobo. Kungekudala emva kokuzalwa kukanina u-Achilles, uthixokazi wamanzi, wabuyela elwandle ngaloo ndlela eshiya unyana notata wakhe. Oku kubangele intlungu enkulu kwaba bantu babini babemthanda ngokungxolayo kwaye bemkhumbula ubomi babo bonke.
Kwakunjani ebuntwaneni Achilles?
U-Achilles, kwasekuzalweni kwakhe, wayeyinkwenkwana enkulu, enamandla amakhulu. Kwakhona, kwakukhawuleza kakhulu ke ngoko kwaziwa njenge "iinyawo ezikhanyayo”. Wayenesimilo esomeleleyo, wabonakalisa umnqweno ongafanelekanga wodumo nokunxanelwa ubundlobongela kwabanye abantu. Amabali axelela ukuba le ndlela yokuziphatha yayibangelwa kukushiywa ngunina, into ebangele ukuba kubekho usizi olukhulu entliziyweni yakhe.
Wahlala iminyaka yakhe yokuqala yobomi ePtia kunye notata uPeleo. Utitshala wakhe omkhulu yayinguPhoenix owamfundisa ezona zinto zibalulekileyo emntwaneni wobudala bakhe. Izibophelelo zothando kunye nobuhlobo zenziwa phakathi kwabo. UFénix wayemthanda ngokungathi ungunyana wakhe, wayesoloko emkhathalela kwaye wayekunye naye de wafikisa.
Ngexesha lobuntwana bakhe wadibana noPatroclus, umfana owabelana naye ngazo zonke iindawo zakhe. Ngokudibeneyo bafunda ubugcisa bokulwa kunye nolunye uqeqesho oluya kubenza iinkokheli zomkhosi kamva. Aba babini baba ngabahlobo abalungileyo, bahlala kunye ubomi babo bonke.
U-Achilles xa engena kwinqanaba lokufikisa utata wakhe umthumelela uChron, umqeqeshi wakhe omtsha. I-Chiron yayi-centaur entle, yahlukile kwabanye ngokuba yimpucuko kwaye inolwazi kakhulu kwindawo yokulwa. Nguye owafundisa inkosana eselula ubuchwephesha bokuzikhusela nokuhlasela ngexesha leemfazwe, amayeza kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zokuphila kumadabi.
Eli gorha likhulu, unyana kathixokazi ongumama notata ofayo, wazalwa enophawu olwalumenza ahluke kwabanye oothixo nakwabanye abantu, wayengumntu othembekileyo. Ndiyathetha, wayengenakufa ngokupheleleyo, njani ukuba umntu obalaseleyo njengoAchilles abe necala elibuthathaka?
Ibali lixelela ukuba umama wakhe ngaphambi kokuba ahambe, simntywilisele emanzini eStx lagon ukumnika ukungafi. Njengokuba wayembambe ngeenyawo ukumnqanda ukuba angatshoni okanye athathwe yimisinga, khange bamanzi, kwaye abafumani mpembelelo zinamandla zamanzi omlingo. Ke ngoko, u-Achilles wayenokusinda nakuphi na ukwenzakala kodwa wayeza kufa ngeenyawo zakhe, yiyo loo nto eli binzana lidumileyo: “Isithende se-Achilles", Nj sithetha ntonye nobuthathaka.
Imfazwe yeTrojan
Uthotho lweziganeko lubangele umlo omkhulu phakathi kwamaGrike kunye namaTrojans abizwa ngokuba yiMfazwe yeTrojan. Eli dabi laqikelelwa iminyaka emininzi kwaye kwakusele kusaziwa ukuba uAchilles uzakufa kulo. UThett, umama wakhe amthandayo, esazi ngesibhengezo esoyikeka, wamhlamba ngamanzi omlingo ukuze amnike ukungafi.
Emva koko wazama ukuyifihla kwimikhosi yemfazwe phakathi kweentombi zikaKing Lycomedes, kodwa iinzame zakhe zaba lilize, kuba u-Achilles wafunyanwa yedwa phantsi kwesilingo somculo we-bugle, ikhaka kunye nomkhonto. Ke wahamba no-Odysseus ukuya kulwa kwicala lomkhosi wamaGrike.
Ngexesha lokulwa waqatshelwa ngenkohlakalo, watshabalalisa izixeko, waphanga into awayifumana endleleni yakhe. Wahlwayela uloyiko phakathi kweTrojans njengoko babesazi ukuba abayi kuphila phambi kwakhe. Kule mimandla yemfazwe waphulukana nomhlobo wakhe omkhulu, PatroclusOko kwakhokelela ekubeni abulale uHector kwaye alwe ngomsindo omkhulu kunye nokunqwenela ukuziphindezela.
Amahashe anikezelwa kwiiTrojans ayesebenza njengomgibe wokungena kwisixeko saseTroy. U-Achilles xa ewela iindonga ezinkulu waqhubeka etshabalalisa yonke into eyayisendleleni yakhe, nangona wayenokufa. UParis, unyana kaKumkani uPriam kunye nomntakwabo Hector, okhuselwe nguthixokazi uAphrodite, wayeyazi indlela yokuqalisa umhla ophumeleleyo kwisithende sika-Achilles, esenza ukufa ngokukhawuleza.
Alithandabuzeki elokuba u-Achilles Wayengomnye wamaqhawe adumileyo kwiintsomi zamaGrike. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwakhe kwiMfazwe yaseTroop kwavumela amaGrike ukuba aphumelele umlo kodwa oku kwamlahlekisa ngobomi bakhe. Umzekelo ocacileyo wendlela iminqweno yokuziphindezela, umsindo kunye neminqweno emibi ekhokelela ekufeni okulusizi ngaphaya kobugorha.
Oku ibiyiyo, siyathemba ukuba ukonwabele ukufunda intsomi ye-Achilles ngendlela ebesithanda ukukuxelela ngayo. Ukuba unemibuzo malunga neqhawe Achilles, ungashiya amagqabantshintshi apha ngezantsi.
