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Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões 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. 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.
Os Lusíadas é uma obra poética do escritor Luís Vaz de Camões, considerada a epopeia portuguesa por excelência. Provavelmente concluída em 1556, foi publicada pela primeira vez em 1572 no período literário do classicismo, três anos após o regresso do autor do Oriente.
A obra é composta de dez cantos, 1102 estrofes que são oitavas decassílabas, sujeitas ao esquema rímico fixo AB AB AB CC – oitava rima camoniana. A acção central é a descoberta do caminho marítimo para a Índia por Vasco da Gama, à volta da qual se vão descrevendo outros episódios da história de Portugal, glorificando o povo português.
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Poetry, History, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Explorers, Early works to 1800, Portuguese Explorers, Colonies, Translations into English, Spanish poetry, Portuguese, Epic poetry, Concordances, Portuguese Epic poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Portuguese poetry, Translations from Portugese, English poetry, Travel, Portuguese language, Textbooks for foreign speakers, English, Gama, vasco da, 1469-1524, Voyages and travels, poetry, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Portuguese language, study and teaching, Romances, Portuguese fiction, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Portuguese literature, Classical period, Camoens, Lusiads, Poetry, history and criticism, Language arts, Spanish literature, Asia, Portuguese language referencePeople
Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Luís de Camões (1524?-1580), Vasco da Gama, Venus, Bacchus, Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974)Places
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Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
1859, Officina typographica de F. Didot, Rua da Quitanda
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Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camões
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Lusiada di Camoens, trasportata in versi italiani
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The Lusiad, or, Portugals historicall poem
1655, Printed for Humphrey Moseley ..., Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince's Arms in St Pauls Church-Yard
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Translation of: Lusiadas.
"Petronii Arbitri Satyricon: pag. 48" (Latin text with English translation on opposite page, with running title: Furor Petroniensis. Petronius his rapture): p. [7]-[20].
Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.
Wing C397
Available electronically as part of Early English books online.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1963. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 85:16)
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