Ihlabathi lakudala lihlala lisemfashinini. Kwaye ababhali bathanda UIrene Vallejo o UMadeline miller Banoxanduva lokuluhlaza olu luhlu (i-pun ekujoliswe kuyo) kwezona zinto zidumileyo. Kuba kanye njengokuba ubuntwana bubumba ubuntu bomntu, loo mvelaphi yenkcubeko yethu iGrisi okanye iRoma yakudala yenza uninzi lwemigaqo yethu yezentlalo, yezopolitiko neyokuziphatha. Kwiminyango engaphandle nangaphandle kwayo yonke into iyafundwa kwezi nkcubeko apho uThixo wayengekafiki kwaye ke ukudibana okuthile phakathi koothixo, oothixo, amaqhawe nabanye abalinganiswa kwavunyelwa ukuba kwaqhubeka phakathi kwabantu njengenyaniso entle ethwele iintsomi ezibalaseleyo ...
Ihlabathi eliqaqambileyo, elichwayitileyo eligcwele uncwadi olufafazwe ngengoma kunye nembali. Ingqikelelo ephele yangena emntwini ngonaphakade ukusuka kwi-etymological ukuya kwifilosofi. Kungenxa yokuba akukho nto yayisaziwa kwaye yonke into yayifuneka ukuyazi ngokholo kwingcinga njengethuku kwaye kwisizathu sayo njengesixhobo.
IGrisi ngexesha lamagorha. U-Patroclus, inkosana encinci kunye ne-clumsy, uthunyelwe ebukumkanini base-Phtia, apho ahlala khona phantsi komthunzi kaKumkani uPeleus kunye nonyana wakhe ongcwele, u-Achilles. mhle, unyana wesithixokazi. Ngenye imini u-Achilles uthatha inkosana elusizi phantsi kwephiko lakhe, kwaye loo mbophelelo yethutyana inikezela kubuhlobo obuqinileyo njengoko aba babini bekhula baba ngamadoda amancinci anobuchule kwezobugcisa bemfazwe, kodwa isiphelo asikude kwizithende zika-Achilles.
Xa iindaba zokuxhwilwa kukaHelen waseSparta zisasazeka, amadoda aseGrisi ayabizwa ukuba aye kungqinga isixeko saseTroy. U-Achilles, okhohliswe lithembiso lesiphelo esizukileyo, uzibandakanya nesizathu, kunye noPatroclus, oqhekeke phakathi kothando noloyiko kwiqabane lakhe, umlandela emfazweni. Wayengazange acinge ukuba kwiminyaka elandelayo kwakuza kuvavanya yonke into abayifundileyo nayo yonke into ababeyixabisa ngokunzulu.
Ungayithenga le ncwadi «Ingoma ka-Achilles, kaMadeline Miller, apha:
