Amangcwaba eHesperides, nguLindsey Davis

I-Hesperides yayizii-nymphs ezivela kwiintsomi zamaGrike ezazigada igadi ebengezelayo ebonakala ngathi yindawo entle eMantla e-Afrika.

Kule ncwadi Amangcwaba eHesperides, igadi ekucingelwa ukuba iba yileyo, emangcwabeni. UFlavia Albia, intombi kaMarco Didio Falco, umlingiswa weenkwenkwezi walo mbhali, uthatha inxaxheba ekufumaneni umzimba womgcini wendlu yabahambi osweleke kwixesha elidlulileyo.

Nangona uFlavia angakubetha ngoyaba ukufumanisa ukuba uyaqhubeka nokuzinikela kubomi obutofotofo noManlio Fausto, azimisele ukutshata naye, inyani kukuba ukubonakala kwesidumbu kuphelela ekuchukumiseni into ebangela ukuba azi ngakumbi ngokugula- Umfana omncinci owayengcwatyelwe egadini.

Ukusuka kumndilili wakhe onamandla wentlalontle, uFlavia uzikhokelela kwiindawo ezingenajelo laseRoma enzulu, apho abantu beva imbandezelo yokuziphatha kwabo. Kulapho umbhali abonisa ulwazi lwakhe oluninzi ngeli xesha lembali ukuba atyebise iinkcukacha ezinomdla njengoko zinqabile, inyani engathandabuzekiyo ehamba nobomi obunzulu besixeko sobukumkani.

Iidinky canteens apho abantu basetyhini babecenga ukuba babelane ngesondo ukuze baphile, apho ubundlobongela baba ngumthetho kwaye ubukho bunokuvela kuphela nge-pacts kunye nomtyholi, ekuphela kwakhe owayebonakala ngathi useka uhlobo oluthile lwepateni kulomhlaba ungaphantsi komhlaba.

UFlavia ujongene nobunzima bobomi. Kwaye ngaphandle kwento yokuba eyona nto ilula, engokwemvelo nefanelekileyo iya kuba kukubuya nabantu bakhe abathandayo, kwelo lizwe lokukhanya, ukonwaba kunye nokuziphatha okuhle, ugqibela ngokufumanisa ukuba kukho into emdibanisa nelaa ndawo ikude yentshabalalo. Kuhlala kuye kuphela ukuba azinikele kwizithixo ukuze angapheli ukuwela kuloo mhlaba uphantsi komhlaba.

Ungayithenga incwadi Amangcwaba eHesperides, inoveli yamva nje kaLindsey Davis, apha: