Os Lusíadas by Luís de Camões

"Os Lusíadas" by Luís de Camões is a Portuguese epic poem first published in 1572. This monumental work celebrates Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India, weaving Portuguese exploration with classical mythology. Written in ten cantos with over a thousand stanzas, the poem blends historical voyages with fantastic interpretations, featuring gods, heroes, and supernatural encounters. Widely considered Portugal's national epic, it stands alongside Virgil's "Aeneid" and Homer's works as one of literature's great epics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Camões, Luís de, 1524?-1580
Title Os Lusíadas
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadas
Credits Produced by Rui Baptista. This book was transcribed from the online scans produced by the Portuguese Biblioteca Nacional Digital
Credits Produced by Rui Baptista. This book was transcribed from the online scans produced by the Portuguese _Biblioteca Nacional Digital_ (purl.pt/1/1/)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 40.2 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Portuguese
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Portuguese poetry -- Classical period, 1500-1700
Subject Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Poetry
Subject Explorers -- Portugal -- Poetry
Subject India -- Discovery and exploration -- Poetry
Subject Portugal -- Colonies -- Asia -- Poetry
Subject Epic poetry, Portuguese
Category Text
EBook-No. 27236
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Most Recently Updated Jan 4, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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