Izinganekwane zamaGreki zakhiwe iqoqo lezinganekwane zezinkolelo zamaGreki asendulo, ikakhulukazi impucuko yawo yasendulo etholakala eMpumalanga Mediterranean. Enye yezinganekwane eyaziwa kakhulu yileyo ka I-Heracles, eyaziwa nangokuthi Hercules kwabaseRoma.
Iyini insumansumane kaHercules?
Inganekwane isitshela ukuthi uHeracles wayeyindodana kaZeus no-Alcmena. Kepha ukuzalwa kwakhe kwakungewona umphumela wobudlelwano bothando, ngoba uZeus wazenza umyeni ka-Alcmena, owayebizwa nge-Host, futhi wamukela ifomu lakhe wasebenzisa iqiniso lokuthi wayeye empini. Ngale ndlela, waba nendodana naye, uHeracles. Lokho kwaletha imiphumela ebucayi kuHeracles osemncane, njengomkaZeus, hera, lapho efunda futhi ethukutheliswa yilo mcimbi, wayephethe ukuhlukumeza impilo kaHeracles kusukela eseyingane.
Ama-Heracles no wayaziwa ngokuba nenhlakanipho enkulu noma ukuhlakanipha, izinto ayezithokozela kakhulu yiwayini, ukudla nabesifazane. Wayenolaka kakhulu, okwamenza wehluleka ukulawula amandla akhe angenakulinganiswa njalo lapho evumela ukuthathwa yintukuthelo. Noma kunjalo, lokhu kwakungasho ukuthi konke kwakukubi. Njengoba wake wehlisa umoya, waqala ukuqonda ubunzima bezenzo zakhe futhi wasamukela isijeziso esimfanele. Ukuzibophezela ukungasebenzisi amandla abo ngesikhathi leso sigwebo sihlala khona.
Iqhawe lethu elingumGrikhi lalinabantwana noMegara, owehlelwa umcimbi omubi. UHera, umkaZeus, njengoba sesishilo, engakwazi ukunqoba uHercules ngoba wayenamandla kunaye okwenza ukuba alahlekelwe yinkumbulo isikhathi esithile. UHeracles, edidekile, wabulala umkakhe nezingane ezintathu ngegazi elibandayo futhi lapho elulama inkumbulo yakhe, wagcwala usizi nobuhlungu. Ukulungisa izenzo zakhe, wavuma ukwenza imisebenzi eyi-12, ethunywe ngemuva kokuvakashela i-Oracle yaseDelphi njengephenti yezenzo zakhe.
Imisebenzi eyi-12 kaHercules
Uhlu lwemisebenzi, imisebenzi ebiphathisiwe Hercules, ukuze ahlanze izono zakhe futhi amnikeze ukuphila okuphakade, kwakulokhu okulandelayo:
- Bulala i- Ibhubesi laseNemean
- Bulala i- UHydra kaLerna
- Thwebula Inyamazane yaseCerinea
- Thwebula I-Erymanthus Boar
- Hlanza ifayela le- Izitebele zama-Augean ngosuku olulodwa
- Bulala i- Izinyoni zaseStymphalian
- Thwebula ICretan Bull
- Intshontsho Mares weNkosi uDiomedes
- Buyisa ibhande le- UHippolyta, iNdlovukazi yama-Amazons
- Bela izinkomo zesilo UGeryon
- Bamba ama-apula kusuka ku- ingadi yamaHesperides
- Thatha bese ubuyisa UCerberus, uMgcini We-Underworld
Ekugcineni, uHercules Wakwazi ukunqoba le misebenzi enzima eyi-12 futhi wathola isikhundla sakhe njengeqhawe elikhulu emlandweni wamaGrikhi, kanye ne-Achilles, yebo, esizoyibona kwenye inganekwane emfushane yamaGreki.
Ama-Heracles noma ama-Hercules?
Ngesikhathi ezalwa abazali bakhe babembiza I-Alcides ngokuhlonipha umkhulu wakhe u-Alceo. Ngaleso sikhathi unkulunkulu u-Apollo washintsha igama lakhe laba nguHeracles, umklomelo owawunikezwa ngokuba yisisebenzi senkosikazi kaHera. AmaGreki ayemazi ngaleli gama ngenkathi AmaRoma ambiza ngokuthi uHercules. Kuze kube manje uvame ukukhonjwa njengoHercules, ngakho-ke uhlala eqoshwe kuwo wonke umlando.
Wafa kanjani uHercules?
Lo mlingiswa odumile wabonakala ngokuba yindoda ekhangayo, eqinile ebukhazikhazini bakhe bonke. Ngenxa yalokhu wayefuna ukuba nobudlelwano obuningi futhi kubo kwazalwa izingane eziningi. Umphumela wokuphila ngokunganaki okungahambi kahle kwaba ukufa kwakhe.
Ngokomlando, uHercules wayenabafazi abane. Owokuqala kwakunguMegara, owayenezingane eziningi naye wabe eseyabulala ngokufutheka. Akukaziwa noma ushiywe esaphila noma ubulawe ngumyeni wakhe yini. Owesifazane wesibili ashada naye wayenaye Indlovukazi u-Omphale, bese eba yisigqila sabo, akwaziwa ukuthi bagcine kanjani.
Ngemuva kwalokho washada noDeyanira, kwaba ngumshado wakhe wesithathu. UHercules kwadingeka alwe no-Achelous, unkulunkulu womfula ukuba abe naye. Wayengumkakhe wokugcina emhlabeni ngaphambi kokuya e-Olympus njengonkulunkulu. Izimpilo zabo zakhathazeka lapho ngesinye isikhathi, bewela umfula, i-centaur Nesus ithembisa ukuwela uDeyanira aye kolunye uhlangothi ngenkathi uHercules ebhukuda.
I-centaur enesibindi yathatha umzuzwana futhi yazama ukumthumba. Lesi senzo esibi samthukuthelisa umyeni wakhe kangangokuba akazange anqikaze ukudubula uNeso ngomcibisholo onoshevu wegazi le-hydra Lerna. Lokhu kwafika emzimbeni wakhe kwambulala. Ebuhlungwini bakhe ukhohlise uDeyanira omuhle ngesicupho esibi ukuze aziphindiselele kuHercules.
UNeso wenze uDeyanira athathe ingxenye yegazi lakhe ngamanga okuthi izovimbela umyeni wakhe ukuthi angaboni omunye umuntu wesifazane. Kuzofanele awuthululele phezu kwezingubo zakhe bese yena ezomthola. Kodwa-ke, iqiniso belihlukile, ngoba bekungubuthi obubulalayo obuzoshisa isikhumba sakhe ngokuthinta okuncane.
Yile ndlela uDeyanira ongenacala abulala ngayo umyeni wakhe amthandayo engahlosile. U-Hercules uzame ukumisa umphumela wobuthi obubulalayo futhi wehluleka. Lapho efa, onkulunkulu base-Olympus bamnika ukungafi ngokuphelele. Empilweni yakhe entsha washada noHebe, unkosikazi wakhe wesine.
Uma uyithandile le nganekwane efingqiwe yamaGrikhi kaHercules, ungavakashela yonke iwebhusayithi yethu, lapho sinenqwaba yezinganekwane zamaGrikhi zabo bonke onkulunkulu namaqhawe ezinganekwane zamaGrikhi. Uma unemibuzo ethile noma izinganekwane ofuna ukuzibona kabanzi, sicela usishiyele amazwana bese sizozama ukukusiza.
