Ama-Hesperides ayengama-nymphs avela ezinganekwaneni zamaGrikhi ezazigada insimu ekhazimulayo eyayibonakala njenge-oasis eNyakatho Afrika.
Kule ncwadi Amathuna aseHesperides, ingadi okuthiwa ingadi iba yileya, emathuneni. UFlavia Albia, indodakazi kaMarco Didio Falco, umlingisi oyinkanyezi walo mbhali, ubamba iqhaza ekutholakaleni kwesidumbu somninindlu wezihambi osemusha owashona esikhathini esithile esidlule.
Ngaphandle kokuthi uFlavia angakushaya indiva ukutholakala kwakhe aqhubeke nokuzinikela empilweni yakhe ethokomele noManlio Fausto, ahlela ukushada naye, iqiniso ukuthi ukubonakala kwesidumbu kugcina kuthinte into ebucayi emshukumisela ukuba azi kabanzi nge insizwa enenkinga engcwatshwe engadini.
Ukusuka ezinhlakeni zakhe ezinamandla zenhlalo, uFlavia uziholela ezindaweni ezingaphansi kweRoma ejulile, lapho abantu bejabulela izinkathazo zokuziphatha ezibabayo zamakhosi abo. Kungaleso sikhathi-ke lapho umbhali akhombisa khona ulwazi lwakhe olukhulu lwalesi sikhathi somlando ukunaba ngemininingwane ehlaba umxhwele njengoba imangelengele, yeqiniso ngokungangabazeki elihambisana nempilo ejulile yedolobha lobukhosi.
Ama-dinky canteens lapho abesifazane bancengela ukuya ocansini ukuze baphile, lapho udlame lwaba umthetho kanye nokuba khona kungaqhamuka kuphela nge-pacts nosathane, okuwukuphela kwakhe owayebonakala esungula uhlobo oluthile lwephethini kulowo mhlaba ongaphansi.
UFlavia ubhekene nobucayi bempilo. Futhi ngaphandle kokuthi into elula, engokwemvelo futhi efanele kungaba ukubuya nabathandekayo bakhe, kulelozwe lokukhanya, ezokuzijabulisa nemikhuba emihle, ugcina ngokuthola ukuthi kukhona okumxhumanisa naleyo ndawo ekude yokubhujiswa. Kusala kuye kuphela ukuthi azinikele konkulunkulu ukuze angagcini ngokuwela kulowo mhlaba ongaphansi.
Ungathenga incwadi Amathuna aseHesperides, inoveli yakamuva kaLindsey Davis, lapha:
Amazwana angu-1 ku-"The Cemetery of the Hesperides, kaLindsey Davis"