Kungani Ungathanda Ngomunye Inyanga Ejabulisayo?
I-Kalo mena (ngezinye izikhathi futhi i- kalimena noma i- kalo nami i- spelled) iyingqungquthela yesiGreki ehluleka ukuphuma emfashini. Noma, uma uhlela uhambo oluya eGreece noma eziGrand Islands ungakuthola ukuthi kukhulunywa khona.
Ukubingelela ngokwezwi nezwi kusho ukuthi "inyanga enhle," futhi kuthiwa ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga. Ekubhalweni kwesiGreki, yi-Cactus futhi kuthiwa "ekuseni," noma "ubusuku obuhle," kodwa, kulokhu, ufisa omunye umuntu ukuba "abe nenyanga enhle." Isiqalo esithi "kali" noma "kalo" sisho "okuhle."
Umthombo Wasendulo Ongenzeka
Le nkulumo cishe ivela ezikhathini zasendulo. Eqinisweni, le nkulumo ingase ibe yesikhathi esidala kunamaGreki asendulo. Impucuko yasendulo yaseGibhithe idala impucuko yasendulo yesiGreki ngeminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziningana. Kukholelwa ukuthi lo mkhuba wokufisa "inyanga enhle" uvela kwabaseGibhithe lasendulo.
AbaseGibhithe lasendulo benza iphuzu lokugubha usuku lokuqala lwenyanga ngayinye ngonyaka. AbaseGibhithe lasendulo babe nezinyanga ezingu-12 esekelwe ikhalenda yelanga.
Esimweni sabaseGibithe, okokuqala kwenyanga kwakunikezelwe kunkulunkulu ohlukile noma unkulunkulukazi owawungamele inyanga yonke, futhi iholidi elijwayelekile laqala ngenyanga ngayinye. Isibonelo, inyanga yokuqala ekhalendeni laseGibithe ibizwa ngokuthi "Thoth," ezinikezelwa kuThoth, unkulunkulu wasekuqaleni waseGibhithe wokuhlakanipha nesayensi, umsunguli wokubhala, umphathi wabalobi, futhi "obeka izinkathi zonyaka, izinyanga, futhi iminyaka. "
Xhumanisa kwiSikhungo samaGreki
Ngenkathi izinyanga zesiGreki zaqanjwa ngamademoni amaningana , inqubo efanayo ingase isetshenziswe namakhalenda aseGrisi lasendulo.
I-Greece yasendulo yahlukaniswa yaba izizinda ezihlukahlukene. Idolobha ngalinye lalinenguqulo yalo yekhalenda ngamagama ahlukene kulezi zinyanga. Njengoba ezinye izindawo zaziyizwe elihloniphekile kunkulunkulu othize, ungase ubone ukuthi ikhalenda ibhekisela kulowo unkulunkulu wesifunda.
Isibonelo, izinyanga zekhalenda le-Athene zibizwa ngabanye ngemikhosi egujwa phakathi nenyanga leyo ngokuhlonipha onkulunkulu abathile. Inyanga yokuqala ikhalenda yase-Athene nguHekatombion. Kungenzeka ukuthi igama livela kuHecate, unkulunkulukazi wemilingo, ubuthakathi, ubusuku, inyanga, izimpumputhe, kanye ne-necromancy. Inyanga yokuqala ikhalenda yaqala ngo-September.
Igama Lezinyanga Ezinsukwini zesiGreki zanamuhla
Okwamanje, izinyanga zesiGreki ziyi-Ianuários (ngoJanuwari), i-Fevruários (ngoFebruwari), njalonjalo. Lezi zinyanga eGrisi (nangesiNgisi) zitholakala emagameni aseRoma noma aseLatini ezinyangeni zekhalenda likaGregory. UMbuso WaseRoma ekugcineni wawunqobe amaGreki. Ngo-146 BC, amaRoma achitha iKorinte futhi enza iGrisi isifundazwe soMbuso WaseRoma. IGreece yaqala ukuthatha amasiko nezindlela zaseRoma njengoba kwenza izwe lasendulo ngaleso sikhathi.
UJanuwari wabizwa ngokuthi uJanus, unkulunkulu weminyango yamaRoma, okubonisa ukuqala, ukushona kwelanga nokushona kwelanga. Unkulunkulu wayefaniswa njengomuntu onomuntu oyedwa ebheke phambili futhi omunye ebuka emuva. Kungenzeka ukuthi wayebhekwa njengonkulunkulu obaluleke kunazo zonke waseRoma, futhi igama lakhe kwakungulokuqala okumele likhulunywe emithandazweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yimuphi umkhulekeli owayefuna ukuthandaza kuye.
Ukubingelela okufanayo ku-Kalo Mena
I-Kalo mena ifana ne- kalimera , okusho ukuthi "ekuseni," noma i- kalispera , okusho ukuthi "kuhle ( kwekwephuzile ) ntambama noma kusihlwa."
Okunye ukubingelela okufanayo ongazwa ngoMsombuluko "Kali ebdomada" okusho ukuthi "isonto elihle."