Uma ukhangwa isiko lamaGreki lasendulo, qiniseka ukuthi uzama ukuvakashela ukuhlala kwe-Amathus eduze kwedolobha laseLimassol eCyprus . Lezi zindawo ezimbili zihlangene futhi ziseduze. Okuhlukanisa ukuthi i- Limassol iyinhlangano yokunethezeka yanamuhla eyabamba izinkulungwane zezivakashi, futhi idolobha layo le-satellite Amathus lihlukaniswa ngokuthi "lifile" futhi lingenasithakazelo kuphela kubabi-mlando nabavubukuli, kodwa nakwabavamile abahamba ngezinyawo. Kulapha ukuthi ungakwazi ukuzwa ngokugcwele umoya wesikhathi esidala futhi uhambe phakathi kwezicebe ezihle kakhulu.
Umlando omncane
Amanxiwa ase-Amathus eCyprus angomunye wabantu abagcinwe kahle okwamanje. Ngesikhathi leli dolobha laliyisisekelo senkolo yokukhulekela i-Aphrodite futhi njengoba ososayensi bakholwa, kwavela cishe ngo-1100 BC. Kukholelwa ukuthi umsunguli wayo wayeyiKinir eyaziwayo, ubaba ka-Adonis, owaqamba leyo ndawo ngokuhlonipha unina u-Amathus futhi wakha lapha izindawo eziningi ezingcwele zokuhlonipha unkulunkulukazi wothando wesiGreki wasendulo. Kusuka kulabo ohlala khona ungase uzwe omunye umlando: okusolakala ukuthi kule ndawo, endaweni engcwele yama-Amathus, lawa aphonseka uAriadne wakhe othandekayo, owashona lapha lapho ezalwa futhi wangcwatshwa eduze nendlu engcwele yase-Aphrodite. Umuzi, owakhuphuka kamuva, wathola igama layo ngokuhlonipha i-grove.
Kukholelwa ukuthi izakhamuzi zokuqala zama-Amathus zaziyiPelasgians. Ukuhlala kwakhiwe edwaleni olusogwini, eduze nendawo yechweba lemvelo, ngakho-ke kwakuyisikhungo esibalulekile sokuhweba nokuhamba kolwandle. Izakhamuzi zakhona zithumela imikhiqizo yokusanhlamvu, ithusi neyezimvu ku-Ancient Greece naseLevant.
Ngabe i-Amathus ibonakala kanjani namuhla?
Phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo ze-Amathus, okufanele zihlolwe, siyaqaphela:
- amathuna amnandi avela ekuqaleni kwe-Iron Age (1000-600 BC);
- ithempeli lika-Aphrodite;
- Imakethe, ehlotshiswe ngamakholomu e-marble ehlotshiswe ngomhlobiso wokuvunguza;
- i-acropolis;
- i-port;
- isonto laseMbusweni waseByzantium ngamatshe ayigugu anamatshe ayigugu, nezinye izakhiwo ezifanayo ezivela ezikhathini zamaRoma namaRoma;
- ingxenye yedonga lomuzi.
Izindawo ezisezindongeni zomuzi zenza umbono ongenakulinganiswa kulabavakashi, njengoba behla ngqo olwandle. Empeleni, phakathi nokuchuma kwe-Amathus lokhu kwakungenjalo, phansi nje kwezilwandle kwakunciphisa ingxenye yokuhlala.
Ungavakashela kanjani?
Ukufika edolobheni kulula kakhulu. Njengoba abahambahambayo abaningi behlala emahhotela aseLimassol , ungathatha inombolo yebhasi 30 bese uhamba esitokisini emva kwehhotela le-Amatus. Abanikazi bezimoto eziqashiwe kufanele babambelele emgqonyeni, okuzokuthatha ngqo emanxiweni. Izindleko zokuvakashela i-Amathus, eziseduze neLimassol, yi-2.5 euros umuntu ngamunye. Ukufinyelela kumanxiwa kuvulwa kusuka emahoreni angu-9 kuya kwangu-17 (ehlobo kuze kufike ku-19: 30).
Ngemva kokuya ku-cashier, ngokushesha ufika edolobheni elingaphansi, lapho kutholakala khona izinsalela zesiteleka semakethe, izindawo zokugeza zomphakathi kanye nezinye izakhiwo. Ngokuqondile kusuka lapha ungakhuphuka izitebhisi ukuya e-acropolis, lapho, kodwa, kuncane, kwesokunxele, njengoba izakhamuzi zaseLimassol ezivela lapha zithatha amatshe ukwakha amakhaya abo. Nazi izinsalela zemibhoshongo yokuvikela, futhi, ukukhuphukela phezulu kwegquma, uzothola ukubukwa okumangalisayo okuvelele. Phela, i-Amathus yayisemagqumeni amabili, phakathi kwawo awela emfuleni.
Maye, izinto eziningi zendawo yokuhlala yasendulo zathathwa eCyprus. Ngakho-ke, isitsha esikhulu esitholakalayo sigcinwa eLouvre, futhi i-sarcophagus ekhangayo futhi ehlotshisiwe ingabonakala eNew York Metropolitan Museum. Kodwa e-acropolis kukhona ikhophi ehlaba umxhwele ye-vase enkulu okukhulunywe ngenhla, ukuze ukwazi ukuzwa umoya wesikhathi. Ukuphakama kwalo ku-1.85 m, futhi isisindo sifike kumathani angu-14. Eduze nempilo yasendulo yedolobha ibilisa: amabhishi anesihlabathi esihlanzekile akhangisa abathandi abaningi bokuzilibazisa kwaseMedithera, nezindawo zokudla eziningi, amahhotela kanye namaqembu angeke akwenze ube nesithukuthezi.
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