Zviridzwa zvechiGiriki

La mumhanzi muGreece inosanganisira: nhetembo, mumhanzi nekutamba. Zvaitendwa kuti zvakapihwa navanamwari. Vakazvidaidza kuti mousike, vakaisa kukosha kukuru mukusimudzira masi, iyo ichiripo nanhasi. Munhu agara akagadzira mimhanzi kubva pane zvaanoda, zvinoenderana nezvaakanzwa munzvimbo yekuzvarwa, maererano nemanzwiro ake, vakazvipa kukosha kukuru.

Plato akati mimhanzi ndiyo hwaro hwedzidzo, yakazara nekuenderana kweMediterranean. Ivo vakazvinyora nemavara ealfabheti, vaive nemitemo yakawanda, zviyero zvakaumbwa nzira, kubva kwazvino mimhanzi toni. Gore rega rega muAthens maive nemakwikwi, dunhu rega rega raiisa pamwechete kwaya nekuimba nziyo, (zvandai), ivo vakapfeka munzira dzakanaka kwazvo dzechiitiko, vachipa mbatya dzevaimbi vedu. Mumitambo yemitambo vakaimbawo kumimhanzi. Vaifarira kuita mitambo mukukudzwa kwamwari Dionysus. Zvizhinji zvezviridzwa zvemimhanzi zvakatangira kuMiddle East, mbira, mbira (khitara), nyere mbiri (aulos). Nemimhanzi yavo vakapesvedzera Humambo hweRoma, nenziyo dzavo dzekunamata vakafurira Renaissance. Mimhanzi yazvino uno inosanganisa zvese izvozvo nekufurira kweMiddle East, ichigadzira chimwe chayo pachayo. Yaishandiswa pamariro, michato, kuzvarwa uye kumitambo yechitendero. Pythagoras aive nechokwadi chekukwikwidzwa kwemimhanzi pamweya, akaishandisa pakurapa, akati chinongedzo chisingazungunuke kune hutano. Vaimbi vakakurumbira vechiGreek vanga vakakosha kwazvo muzana ramakumi maviri remakore Europeanism yazvino. Panguva dzose ivo vanoziva nzira yekubatanidza mimhanzi, kuimba uye kutamba zvakanaka kwazvo.

Plato, mubasa rake "The Republic"Anoti pane zvimhanzi zvinoporesa mweya asi kune zvimwe zvinokuvadza uye zvinokanganisa vamwe vaimbi. Sitaki yakakurumbira yeSorba yechiGreek inozivikanwa, munhu wese akawana mukana wekuteerera akabatwa nerunako rwayo.