5/25/2023 0 Comments The Lusiads by Luís de Camões![]() ![]() ![]() The hero of this epic is the whole Portuguese nation, which proves once again Camões’ strong patriotic inspiration.Ĭamões was the first major European poet to cross the equator. Besides the Portuguese national symbols and historical figures, such as the viceroy Dom João de Castro, the author mentions Roman mythology, like the Fates (mythological female personifications of destiny) and Bacchus (roman god of the grape-harvest). The epic heroes are the Lusiads, the sons of Lusus (mythological ancestor of Portuguese people). The poem in ottava rima celebrates Vasco de Gama’s extraordinary voyages, as well as the glorious accomplishments by Portuguese navigators. ![]() The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões (1572)ġ6th century Portuguese poet Camões was in exile in Macau, China, when he first wrote his Lusiads. Haven’t read Camões yet? Let’s discover his masterpiece together. More than thousand verses compose what literary critics call “the Portuguese Iliad”. If English is the language of Shakespeare, French the language of Molière and Italian the language of Dante, Portuguese is the language of Camões. ![]() The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões is one of the most important and most representative literary works ever written in Portuguese. ![]()
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