Uyini umlando wamafutha omnqumo?
Context:Sekuyisikhathi eside amafutha omnqumo eyisithako esivamile ekudleni kwaseMedithera, kuhlanganise nokwamaGreki namaRoma asendulo. Iminqumo yasendle, eyaqala e-Asia Minor, yaqoqwa ngabantu be-Neolithic ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesishiyagalombili BC. Ngaphandle kokudla, uwoyela womnqumo usetshenziselwe imicikilisho yenkolo, imithi, njengophethiloli kumalambu kawoyela, ukwenza insipho, kanye nokusetshenziswa kokunakekelwa kwesikhumba. AbaseSpartan namanye amaGrikhi babesebenzisa uwoyela ukuze bazihlikihle ngenkathi bezilolonga e-gymnasia. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-7 BC, ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha omnqumo kwezimonyo kwasakazeka ngokushesha kuwo wonke amadolobha aseGrisi, kanye nabasubathi abaqeqeshwa benqunu, futhi kwahlala cishe iminyaka eyinkulungwane naphezu kwezindleko zayo ezinkulu. Amafutha omnqumo ayethandwa futhi njengendlela yokuvimbela inzalo; uAristotle encwadini yakhe ethi History of Animals uncoma ukuba kusetshenziswe ingxube yamafutha omnqumo ahlanganiswe namafutha omsedari, umuthi wokugcoba womthofu, noma umuthi wokugcoba wephunga elimnandi emqaleni wesibeletho ukuze kuvinjelwe ukukhulelwa.
Ngaphandle kokudla, amafutha omnqumo aye asetshenziselwa imikhuba yenkolo, imithi, njengophethiloli wezibani zikawoyela, ukwenziwa kwensipho nokunakekelwa kwesikhumba.