Kwixesha la mandulo, baphatha ilanga kunye nabathengi bayo ngenhlonipho ekhethekileyo. Abantu babhekisele kwiMandla ePhakamileyo imihla ngemihla ngokubulela ngokuza kosuku olutsha. Ngelanga, amaGrike ayexanduva loothixo bobabini: uApollo noHelios. Ngamnye wabo unembali yakhe ethile kunye namathuba . Bakha amatempile kunye nemifanekiso, apho babeka khona izipho ezahlukeneyo.
Unkulunkulu welanga lamaGrike uApollo
Uyise waloo thixo unguZeus, nonina kaThimona. Wazalelwa kwisiqithi saseDelos, apho unina wayefihla khona uHera. Ngokutsho kweengcamango, ngexesha lokubonakala kwe-Apollo, isiqithi sonke sazaliswa ilanga elikhanyayo. Wayengumzalwana wewelekazi ka-Artemis. AmaGrike ayicinga ukuba uApollo akagcini nje ngongcwele welanga, kodwa ubugcisa, kunye noothixo nomtyholi nomprofeti.
Nangona ebuntwaneni bakhe, ilanga lonqulo lamaGrike labulala i-Python enkulu inyoka, emva koko yamisa imidlalo yePythian. UZeus akazange akuthande konke kwaye ngenxa yokuzimela kwakhe uApollo kwafuneka alinde amaxesha amabini abantu. Ngenxa yokubulawa kwenyoka, uZeus wathumela ukuba abe ngumalusi kuFaro, kwaye emva koko, kunye noPoseidon, basebenzela ikosi yamaTrojan. AmaGrike ayicinga ukuba uApollo ungumculi obalaseleyo, kwaye ngolunye usuku waphumelela ukhuphiswano kunye no-satyr Marcia. Ukusebenzisa iintolo, wabulala oothixo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha abantu abangenacala. Amandla okuphulukisa ase-Apollo.
Bachaza uApollo njengomfana osemnene, oyindoda enomdla. Kwizandla zakhe unakho i-lyre okanye i-anyanisi. Izityalo ezingcwele zi-laurel kunye ne-cypress. Ngokumalunga nezilwanyana, ukuba unkulunkulu welanga, ingcuka, i-swan, igweba kunye ne mouse. Indawo ephakamileyo apho babemnqula khona uApollo yayiyindlu yeThe Delphic. Kwakukho imithendeleko eyahlukeneyo kunye nemincintiswano eyazinikezelwa kulobu dhixo.
Unkulunkulu ongumGrike welanga uHelios
Abazali balobu buThixo babeyi-titans Hyperion kunye neFairy. Kwakukholelwa ukuba wayebonakala ngaphambili kunokooOlimpiki, ngoko wayephakamileyo ngaphezu kwabo. Ukusuka apho wabona abantu kunye nabanye oothixo. Abaninzi babecinga ukuba ngumhleko, njengoko waxelela iimfihlelo waza waxoxisana noothixo. KwiiGrike zasendulo, unkulunkulu welanga uHelios waphinda waphendula ixesha lexesha. Uhlala kwicala elingasempuma ye-Ocean e-bhotwe elihle. Nsuku zonke uyavuka ngenxa yokumemeza kwe-rooster, obizwa ngokuba yintaka yakhe engcwele. Emva koko, enqwelweni yakhe ehanjiswa ngamabhiza omlilo amane, uqala ukuhamba ngaphaya kwezulu ukuya ecaleni lasentshona, apho wayenempahla. Ngokuqala kobumnyama, unqulo lwangaphambili lwelanga labuyela ekhaya elwandle kwisitya segolide esenziwa nguHephaestus. Amaninzi amaninzi kwinqwelo likaZeus kwafuneka abuyele kwishedyuli yakhe. Ngokomzekelo, emhlabathini iintsuku ezintathu kwakumnyama xa ubusuku bomtshato beZeus no-Alkmeny.
Ngokuqhelekileyo, u-Apollo wayebonakaliswa ngemisebe yelanga ejikeleze intloko yakhe nasenqwelweni yakhe. Kwizandla zakhe, ngokuqhelekileyo uphethe isibetho. Kukho iinketho apho unkulunkulu welanga ukhangele amehlo, kwaye entloko yakhe isigqoko esenziwe ngegolide. Kukho
Ekungeneni kwechweba laseRhodes kwakukho umfanekiso oqingqiweyo waloo thixo, obizwa ngokuba yiColossus yaseRhodes. Ukuphakama kwayo kwakuyimitha engama-35, kwaye kwakhiwa iminyaka eyi-12. Yenza ukuba ibe yethusi kunye nentsimbi. Kwizandla zikaHelios wayephethe itotshi, eyasebenza njengomkhonto wabanxweme. Kwiminyaka engama-50 yatshatyalaliswa ngenxa yenyikima enamandla.