Lingisa amaGreki asendulo ngokuphonsa i-astragaloi ebonakalayo kanye nokubhula intando yonkulunkulu. I-astragaloi ama-knucklebone ezimvu, anezinhlangothi ezine ezinenani elithi 1, 3, 4, kanye no-6. Ukugingqa okuyisihlanu kwalokhu ngesikhathi kuveza inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele ehambisana nezwi elithile. Buza umbuzo wakho, gingqa amathambo futhi uthole ukuhlakanipha konkulunkulu.
Izinguqulo zesiNgisi zombhalo wezwi zinikezwa nguFritz Graf ethi "Rolling the Dice for an Answer," njengoba kuwumkhuba wale nqubo yokubhula (2005). UPausanias, encwadini yakhe ethi “Description of Greece,” eyabhalwa ngekhulu lesibili AD, wahlangabezana nenkulumo efanayo emfanekisweni kaHeracles:
“Esehla eBura ubheke olwandle ufika emfuleni okuthiwa iBuraicus, naseHerakles encane emhumeni, naye ubizwa ngokuthi uBuraicus, futhi lapha umuntu angabhula ngesibhebhe namadayisi.Obuza kunkulunkulu wenza umkhuleko phambi kwesithombe, futhi ngemva komthandazo uthatha amadayisi amane, inqwaba, inqwaba yezinto eziphonswe phezu kwazo. eyenziwe ngedayisi kunencazelo ebhalwe ngokucacile esibhebheni.”
Nakuba lolu hlelo lokusebenza lungameleli isifanekiso sikankulunkulu (okungenzeka ukuthi kaningi uHermes esebenza njengesithunywa sika-Apollo, owayephethe isizinda phezu kokubhula) kuhlinzekwa itafula elibonakalayo kanye nesethi ye-astragaloi. Vele uswayiphe ukuze ugingqe futhi wabelane ngolwazi amaGreki amaningi ahlangabezane nalo eminyakeni eyinkulungwane edlule.
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Dis 20, 2025