The first division of the horizon into more than the four basic quarters, north, south, east, and west, seems to have been made by the Greeks, who distinguished between the directions of sunrise and sunset in winter and summer, a difference in those latitudes of some 30°.
Isahluko sokuqala solundi kwiziseko ezingaphezu kwesine, umntla, umzantsi,impuma, nentshona, zibonakala zenziwe ngamaGrike, abohlula phakathi kwiindlela zokuphuma kwelanga nokutshona kwelanga ebusika nasehlotyeni, umahluko kulo miphakamo ezinye ziyi 30°.