El Imvelaphi yaseAthene inxulumene ngokusondeleyo nomthi womnquma. Uthikazikazi uAthena waphikisana noPoseidon ukuba abe ngumxhamli wesixeko. Ngenxa yoku, uthixo ophakamileyo uZeyus, wayeza kunika i-domain kuye nakubani na onike esona sipho siluncedo kuluntu.
UPoseidon wazisa ihashe elomeleleyo, kwaye wathi yayikukunciphisa umsebenzi wabantu.
U-Athena weza nesetyana eligqibeleleyo lamagqabi aluhlaza.
UPoseidon xa wabona oko uAthena wayekuzisile waphumelela, kodwa uthixokazi waqala ukucacisa, ukubaluleka komnquma. Ezinokuphila iminyaka emininzi, zivelisa iziqhamo ezithandekayo nezihle. Ukuba ulwelo lunokukhutshwa, i-oyile incasa ukutya, inika amandla emzimbeni, ithoba amanxeba, kwaye inokusetyenziswa njengamafutha, ukwenza ubusuku bube lusuku.
UZeyus wanika u-Athena ophumeleleyo kwaye waba ngukumkani wengingqi.
Iminquma yayigcinwa e-amphorae kwaye i-oyile yayiza kugcinwa kamva. Uninzi lwazo luhonjiswe ngemeko yokubetha, ukuqokelela iminquma.
KwiOdyssey umthi womnquma unamagama amatyeli aliqela, kwaye oonobumba abohlukeneyo bathanjisiwe ngeoyile ye-olive.
Iinkuni zemithi yeminquma zazibizwa ngegama kwiOdyssey.
Ulysses kunye nabalingane bakhe basebenzisa umqadi womthi womnquma oyimfama kwii-cyclops.
Iintsomi zixelela ukuba uAristeo wafundisa amadoda ezolimo kunye nendlela yokukhupha ioyile yomnquma kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemithombo yeendaba.
Ukusukela kwi-Olimpiki yesixhenxe, abaphumeleleyo kwimidlalo eyahlukeneyo bathweswa isithsaba ngamasebe omnquma alukwayo.