I-Silfio, isityalo sonyango esinexabiso njengegolide

Yayixatyiswe kakhulu mandulo; enyanisweni, yabaluleka kakhulu into yokuba isixeko samandulo saseGrisi iKirene (ngoku eyiLibya) sikhule ngokukhawuleza sityebe kangangokuba sasisesinye sezona zityebileyo kuwo wonke ummandla weMeditera. Ingama lakho? USylphius.

Kodwa akukho mntu waziyo ukuba yintoni. Kuyinyani ukuba ibikhona okoko amaGrike ayikhankanya kakhulu ezincwadini zabo, bade bayishiya ibhalwe kwiingqekembe zabo zemali. Ke ngoko, iingcali zikholelwa ukuba ifunyenwe kwenye indawo, kwaye abayeki ukuyikhangela.

Yintoni indawo yokuhlala yesyph?

Xa uqala ukukhangela isityalo esineempawu ezaziwa kuphela kwiincwadi zamandulo kunye neetekisi, into yokuqala ekufuneka uyenzile kukuba, ngokuchanekileyo, funda ezo tekisi. Ke, iingcali ziye zafumanisa ukuba uHerodotus, owayengumbhali-mbali wase-Greek kunye nejografi owayephila phakathi kwe-484 kunye ne-425 BC. C., wenza ireferensi ngendawo esihlala kuyo esi sityalo singummangaliso kwincwadi yakhe ethi Historia IV.169.

Kuyo kwathiwa ikhule ukusuka kwisiqithi sasePlataea (iGrisi), ukuya kungena eSirte esisisixeko esikwintlango yaseLibya. Oku kusixelela ukuba isilfio sisityalo esilungelelaniswe ngokugqibeleleyo nemozulu yeMeditera, eneqabaka ezibuthathaka kakhulu, kunqabile ukuba nemvula kunye namaqondo obushushu aphezulu kakhulu, ngakumbi ehlotyeni anokufikelela kuma-45ºC.

Injani (okanye ibinjalo)?

Ndingathanda ukukwazi ukunika iimpendulo ezicacileyo kulo mbuzo, kodwa inyani kukuba nkqu nabo bayifunayo abayazi kakuhle imisebenzi yayo. Ngaphezu koko, baninzi abakholelwa ukuba ayisekho. Nangona kunjalo, uPliny Omdala wanika umkhondo-nokuba uyinyani okanye ubuxoki-asazi ukuba singawuqonda njani: kuyabonakala ukuba, iigusha emva kokuyitya, zilala ngoko nangoko, kwaye iibhokhwe zinokuhlaselwa ngokuthimla.

Inyani yile phakathi kwinkulungwane yokuqala ye-AD. C. kwakunzima kakhulu ukuyifumana, ngokuqinisekileyo ngenxa yoxhaphazo abalunikileyo eCirenaica (phambi kweCirene), iphondo ledolophu elalikwangamaRoma ngo-74 a. C.

Nangona kunjalo, kukho ithiyori ethi sylph yayiyimbumba yendalo, okuthetha ukuba, xa uzama ukuhlwayela imbewu yabo, ngamanye amaxesha abahlumi kuba ukuphindaphindeka kwabo asikokwabelana ngesondo, kodwa kuyasasazeka, kule meko, ukusasaza iingcambu zabo, ekuthiwa zininzi kwaye zityebile.

Amagqabi ayo, ngokutsho kweTheophrastus, ayefana nalawo e UFerulahlaselafoetida, ekhula eSyria nakwithambeka leParnassus. Iingcali zikholelwa ekubeni, ukuba kunjalo, inokuba i-sylphium ibiyi iqhina eliqinileyo, Ezintlobo zendalo ezivela eLibya.

Iqale nini ukusetyenziswa?

Isityalo esingamayeza esithetha ngaso Yayisetyenziswa ukusukela kumaxesha angaphambi kokubhalwa kwembali kwaye kungekudala iMeditera yonke yafunda ngayo kunye nezibonelelo zayo. Kakhulu kangangokuba ama-Egypt kunye neMinoans benza uphawu okanye iglyph ebhekisa kwi-sylph. KwiRoma yakudala yayibizwa ngokuba yi-laserpicio, kuba incindi yayo yayinencasa emnandi kakhulu kwaye ivumba layo lalisithi, limnandi.

Inokusetyenziswa okuninzi: inokusebenza njengesiqholo, njengonyango, i-aphrodisiac kunye nanjengesiqholo. Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba ibithathwa njengexabisekileyo njengegolide okanye isilivere ngamaRoma.

Njani?

Ngokwazi kwethu, kwesi sityalo Iziqu zazityiwa emva kokusojiwa okanye ukubiliswa, iingcambu ezintsha zifakwe kwiviniga, kunye neentyatyambo ezigayiweyo. Njengamayeza yayihlala imiselwe phantse kuzo zonke izifo, nangona uPliny Omdala wayecacile ngakumbi kwaye esithi iyasebenza ngokuchasene nokuqaqanjelwa ngamathumba, ukulunywa kunye namanxeba. Kukholelwa ukuba iyindlela yokuqala yokuthintela ukukhulelwa kwimbali.

Kunzima ukufumana isityalo, esaziwa kancinane, kodwa siyathemba kwaye siyathemba ukuba ngenye imini kuya kwaziwa ukuba sisaphila na okanye hayi. Kuba ... ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi kuyinyani ukuba isakhula eLibya.