Ezikhathini zasendulo, baphatha ilanga nabathengi bayo ngenhlonipho ekhethekile. Abantu babhekisela eMandleni aphezulu kakhulu nsukuzonke ngokubonga ngokuza kosuku olusha. Ngokuba ilanga, amaGreki ayephethe labo onkulunkulu ababili: i-Apollo ne-Helios. Ngamunye wabo unomlando wakhe kanye namathuba akhethekile. Bakha amathempeli nemifanekiso, lapho babeka izipho ezihlukahlukene.
Unkulunkulu welanga lesiGreki u-Apollo
Uyise walowo unkulunkulu uZeus, nonina unkulunkulukazi waseLatona. Wazalelwa esiqhingini saseDelos, lapho unina ayefihla khona uHera. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, ngesikhathi sokubukeka kuka-Apollo, sonke isiqhingi sasigcwele ukukhanya kwelanga. Wayengumamawele wesontokazikazi wokuzingela u-Arthemisi. AmaGreki ayebheka u-Apollo hhayi kuphela umgcini ongcwele welanga, kodwa wobuciko, futhi unkulunkulu kaDeveli nomprofethi.
Ngisho esemncane, ilanga lakwaGrithani ilanga labulala i-Python yenyoka enkulu, ngemva kwalokho yasungula imidlalo yePythian. UZeyus wayengathandi neze futhi ukuzimela kwakhe u-Apollo kwadingeka alinde izikhathi ezimbili kubantu. Ngenxa yokubulawa kwenyoka, uZeus wathumela ukuba abe ngumalusi enkosini, futhi kamuva, kanye noPoseidon, basebenzela inkosi yaseTrojan. AmaGreki ayebheka u-Apollo njengomculi omuhle kakhulu, futhi ngelinye ilanga walinqoba umncintiswano no-satyr Marcia. Esebenzisa imicibisholo, wabulala abanye onkulunkulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi abantu abangenacala. Amandla okuphulukiswa ase-Apollo ayenayo.
Bachaza u-Apollo njengendoda enhle, enhle kakhulu. Ezandleni zakhe wayengaba ne-lyre noma anyanisi. Izitshalo ezingcwele yi-laurel ne-cypress. Ngokuqondene nezilwane, ngokuba unkulunkulu welanga, ingulube, i-swan, igunguvungu negundane. Indawo eyinhloko lapho bakhonza khona i-Apollo kwakuyiThe Delphic Temple. Kwakukhona imikhosi ehlukahlukene kanye nemincintiswano eyazinikezelwa kulobuNkulunkulu.
Unkulunkulu wamaGreki welanga uHelios
Abazali balobuNkulunkulu babeyi-titans Hyperion neFairy. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi wabonakala kakhulu kunabanye onkulunkulu base-Olimpiki, ngakho wayephakeme ngaphezu kwabo. Ukusuka lapho wabona abantu nabanye onkulunkulu. Abaningi babebheka njengendlela yokuhleka, njengoba etshela izimfihlo futhi waboshela onkulunkulu. EmaGriki asendulo, unkulunkulu welanga uHelios waphinde waphendula isikhathi sesikhathi. Uhlala engxenyeni esempumalanga ye-Ocean esigodlweni esihle. Nsuku zonke uvuka ngenxa yokukhala kwebhokisi, okubhekwa njengenyoni yakhe engcwele. Khona-ke, enqoleni yakhe edonswa amahhashi amane omlilo, uqala ukuhamba ngaphesheya kwesibhakabhaka ukuya ngasentshonalanga, nalapho naye enempahla. Lapho kuqala ubumnyama, unkulunkulu welanga lasendulo wabuyela ekhaya olwandle esitsheni segolide esenziwe nguHephaestus. Izikhathi eziningana lapho uZeus ebhekwa khona kwakufanele abuyele esimisweni sakhe. Isibonelo, emhlabathini izinsuku ezintathu kwaba mnyama lapho ubusuku bomshado beyiZeus no-Alkmeny.
Ngokuvamile, u-Apollo wayevezwe ngemisebe yelanga elungeze ikhanda lakhe nasenqoleni yakhe. Ezandleni zakhe, uvame ukuthatha isifubhe. Kukhona futhi izinketho lapho unkulunkulu welanga enamehlo abuhlungu, futhi ekhanda lakhe yisigqoko esenziwe ngegolide. Kukhona
Ekungeneni kwechweba laseRhodes kwakuyisithombe esidumile salowo unkulunkulu, okuthiwa iColossus yaseRhodes. Ukuphakama kwalo kwakungu-35 m, futhi kwakhiwe iminyaka engu-12. Yenza ithusi nethusi. Ezandleni zikaHelios wayephethe isibani, okwakungumngcwabo wabadobi. Eminyakeni engu-50 yawa ngenxa yokuzamazama komhlaba okuqinile.