Kodwa ke ngubani na umthenwa?

Abaninzi babeve belizwi elithi "ithenwa". Nangona kunjalo, akubona wonke umntu owaziyo intsingiselo yalo. Ngubani umthenwa? Wenzani? Leli gama livela kwi-Greek enuchos, ebonisa umsebenzi wesidala okanye isikhundla senkundla - "umgcini webhokisi". Okokuthi, ithenwa ngumlindi wamakhweshwe kwiindawo ezisempuma yeNkosi.

Ithenwa lihlala lithenwa. Ewe, abantu abahluphekileyo ngokuthanda kwexesha elibi babesesimo esinzima kangaka. Yintoni engalunganga ngayo? Ngokuqinisekileyo abaninzi abanokwazi nje ukuba ngubani umthenwa, kodwa abaziqondi intsingiselo yegama elithi "castrato". Eli gama libhekisela kumadoda ayenayo ipenis okanye amathambo amisiwe, okanye zombini. Ngokweminye imithombo, amathenwa aqala ukuvela eAsiriya, ePersia naseByzantium, kodwa obunye ubungqina bubonisa ukuba kwiinkantolo zaseShayina, kwixesha elidlulileyo, abakhonzi bakhonza njengabakhonzi. Ngendlela, eMpuma Ekude aba baqeshisi ababenzanga nje kuphela indima yesosavayi emva kwendawo yokumkani, kodwa kunye nenani lemisebenzi ebalulekileyo kunye nemisebenzi evela kwinkosi yakhe. Amathenwa eMbusweni wase - Ottoman, eTurkey namhlanje, avela kamva. Ekubeni bengenakukwazi ukucinga ngamandla angaphezulu ngenxa ye-ospolnennosti yabo, babandakanyeka kwimicimbi ebalulekileyo karhulumente, kwaye xa abalawuli abancinci bebaba ngabantu abanempembelelo kakhulu kwilizwe.

Ngoobani abathenwa kwiindawo zeentlanga?

Ukususela kumaxesha okuqala, ubukumkani bekufuneka babe nabafazi abaninzi. Ngokwemvelo, babefuna abakhonzi abakubeka umyalelo kulobu bukumkani babasetyhini. Kule nto, kwakufuneka isandla somntu onamandla. Nangona kunjalo, ukwenzela ukuphepha ukulingwa kwabasetyhini babenqatshelwe imvelo yabo yesintu.

Utshintsho lube yinto e-passrato idluliselwa ngokubanjwa ngamandla kunye nokuthanda komntu. Ngamanye amaxesha amakhwenkwe avela kwiintsapho ezihlwempuzekileyo athatyelwa kwibhotwe leSultan ngooyise. Abaselula babengayazi nokuba ithenwa kufuneka yenzeke kubo nokuba ngubani. Ukugqithisa inkqubo ebuhlungu kunye nehlazo, baqeqeshwa kwimisebenzi yomgcini we "lodge" yeSultan kwaye bahlala befikelela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ekulawuleni kungekuphela kwindlalifa yobukhosi, kodwa kwilizwe lonke.

Amashweshwe kunye namathenwa

Abemi abaninzi beeharmesi bawela ezindongeni zawo kungekubo. Ukongezelela, phakathi kwabasetyhini be-seraglio kukuncintisana ngokukrakra ngenxa yobumnandi bomlawuli. Kwikhosi kwakukho amaqhinga ahlukeneyo okulimaza omnye nomnye, kwaye ngokubulela ubulumko nokubonela phambili kwethenwa kwakunokwenzeka ukuphepha iintlekele. Imisebenzi yamathenwa yayiquka ukulinda iindwendwe, ukuqeqesha amashweshwe, ukuzinakekela (ukuhlamba, ukuhlambalaza, ukuxubha, ukugqoka, njl njl), ukuhamba kunye nabo kwikota yeenkosi, njl njl.

Kwiirmim, kwakuneemeko eziqhelekileyo xa amantombazana aqala ukunyusa iimvakalelo zethenda kubaphathi babo. Yaye yintoni eyayiyidimaza xa beqonda ukuba ngubani umthenwa! Kodwa abanye abafazi basoloko beba novelwano kubantu abanobuhlwempu baze bazama ukuvelisa ubomi babo, ngaloo ndlela bazibeka engozini.

Kodwa phakathi kwamathenwa kwakukho nabalungiseleli abanjalo, ngenxa yokuba bengenamandla, baqulunqa iimvavanyo ezahlukahlukeneyo kumashweshwe abahluphekayo, beguqula ubomi babo kwisihogo sangempela.