Os Lusíadas
Portuguese epic poem by Luís de Camões / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Os Lusíadas (Portuguese pronunciation: [uʒ luˈzi.ɐðɐʃ]), usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís Vaz de Camões[1] (c. 1524/5 – 1580) and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-language literature and is frequently compared to Virgil's Aeneid (1st c. BC). The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469–1524). The ten cantos of the poem are in ottava rima and total 1,102 stanzas.[2]
Os Lusíadas | |
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by Camões | |
Translator | Richard Fanshawe (1655); William Julius Mickle (1776); William C. Atkinson (1952); Landeg White (1997) |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
Genre(s) | Epic poetry |
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The Lusiads at Wikisource | |
Os Lusíadas at Portuguese Wikisource |
Written in Homeric fashion, the poem focuses mainly on a fantastic interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic,[2] much as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. It was written when Camões was an exile in Macau[3] and was first printed in 1572, three years after the author returned from the Indies.[2]