Yeka indlela iMidlalo yama-Olimpiki eyayiqhutshwa ngayo esikhathini esidlule

Umlando weMidlalo yama-Olympic uvela e-Ancient Greece. Ukukhulunywa komlando kokuqala kwalesi senzakalo kubuyele emuva ku-776 BC. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi iMidlalo yama-Olimpiki yakudala yayibanjwe imincintiswano yemidlalo, kodwa futhi njengemikhosi yenkolo. Ekuqaleni, imidlalo yahlelwa njalo eminyakeni emine futhi yaphela usuku olulodwa kuphela. Ngokwezinye zezinganekwane, umhlanganyeli wokuqala wezemidlalo yamaGreki yama-Olympic kwakunguHercules.

I-Ancient Greek ye-Olympia yindawo kuphela lapho iMidlalo yama-Olympic yenzeke khona. Le ndawo enkulu kunazo zonke ePheponponese yayikhethwe ngokungabi ngengozi - yayinehlobo lemvelo yemvelo, eyayisemathafeni asezinkuni nasemithambekeni, phakathi kwemifula uClaudia no-Alpheus. Ngenxa yendawo elula yokuhlala kwe-Olympia, abahlanganyeli bevela emazweni akude bafika emidlalweni yemikhumbi.

Imibhalo yomlando ibonisa ukuthi iMidlalo yama-Olimpiki yakudala yenziwa kuphela ngesikhathi sokuthula - inyanga ngaphambi kokuqala kwemidlalo, kwacaca ukuthi kukhona phakathi kweminye imizi ephikisayo, ukuze bonke ababambiqhaza bangene e-Olympia ngokuphepha. Noma yikuphi umuzi owaphula umthetho we-armistice wajeziswa ngokuvimbela abadlali bawo ukuba bahlanganyele emincintiswaneni eyengeziwe.

E-Olympia, hhayi kuphela iMidlalo yama-Olimpiki eyayibanjwe - le ndaba ilandisa ukuthi kwakukhona nomkhosi wamaGreki wasendulo. Ngesikhathi somkhosi wenkolo, abantu badumisa uZeus, kanye namaqhawe awile. Le midlalo ngokwayo yaqala ngomkhuleko kanye neminikelo yokukhulekela.

Ngonyaka lapho iMidlalo yama-Olimpiki izobanjelwa khona, ezikhathini zasendulo, izithunywa ezinezibani zithunyelwa kuzo zonke izingxenye zaseGreece, ezazisa isimemezelo. Emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka kamuva, ukuthwala isibani kwaba umkhuba ongenakulinganiswa ngaphambi kokuqala kwemiidlalo ye-Olimpiki yanamuhla.

Abafakizicelo bezobuqhawe emncintiswaneni babengabantwana bamaGreki kuphela noma izigqila ezazithola zixolelwe futhi zithethelelwe. Imincintiswano yemidlalo yahlelwa ngokwehlukana yamadoda futhi ngokwehlukana kubafana. Le ntsha yahlukaniswa yaba yizigaba eziningana, ngokususelwa eminyakeni yobudala, umzimba kanye namandla.

Nakuba abesifazane bengavunyelwe ukuba bahlanganyele emincintiswaneni yomzimba, bangabonisa amakhono abo emincintiswaneni ye-equestrian, kodwa ngenxa yalokhu kwakufanele babe nenqola noma ihhashi.

Imidlalo yama-Olimpiki yakudala yayihlanganisa izinhlobo ezinhlanu kuphela zemicimbi yemidlalo ezifundisweni zabo: ukuphonsa umkhonto, ukuphonsa i-diski, ukujubha ubude, ukulwa nokusebenza. Ngokulandelayo, ukugijima, ukugijima kwenqola, ukugijima kwebhola kanye nokuhamba kwamanzi kwanezelwa. Ngosuku lokuqala lwe-Olympiad, imikhosi yenkolo yayibanjwe, kanye nabagijimi bamaGreki basendulo bafunga ngokugcina imithetho efanele yomdlalo. Imincintiswano ngokwayo yaqala ngosuku olulandelayo.

Abanqobile emncintiswaneni babenamakhanda amaqabunga omnqumo ethempelini likaZeus. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lowo oyinqobe angaba nomfanekiso wakhe e-Olympia. Ngemuva kokubuyela ezweni lakuleli liqhawe, udumo nenhlonipho kulindeleke - wathola amalungelo ahlukahlukene ngendlela yokudla mahhala kanye nezindawo ezinhle kakhulu ezenzakalweni zomphakathi.

Emidlalweni ye-Olimpiki kuphela izindawo zokuqala zesiklomelo zanikezwa, kanjalo imidlalo yaseGreece lasendulo yayilinywa futhi ihlonishwa kusukela ebuntwaneni bokuqala ngendlela efanayo nemfundo yabantu.