{"id":97,"date":"2007-10-08T08:52:22","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=97"},"modified":"2014-07-18T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:13:32","slug":"the-lusiads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-lusiads\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lusiads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Luiz Vaz de Cam\u00f5es’ epic poem Os Lus\u00edadas<\/b> The Lusiads<\/em> is widely considered the most important Portuguese-language text ever written. First published in 1572 and written in Homeric verse with an ottava rima<\/em> cadence, The Lusiads served as a Portuguese national epic, akin to the Aeneid<\/b> of the Romans.<br \/
\nCam\u00f5es (sometimes spelled in English as ‘Camoens’) authored the work in ten cantos<\/b>, each with a varying number of stanzas. He liberally borrows from Homer at every level of the poem, including poetic style, imagery, thematic elements and most prominently the role of the Greco-Roman pantheon as primary characters. Even Homer’s sirens make an appearance!The emergent and over-arching theme of The Lusiads is Portugal’s destiny to conquer primitive cultures and spread their modern, Western, and Christian values across the globe. Placed in the context of Portugal’s conflict with the Moors and Castilians, a contemporary Portuguese reader (such as the King) would likely have been inspired by Cam\u00f5es fervent belief in his country’s greatness.<\/p>\n

In retrospect, we see that this destiny was truly not that of the Portuguese nation, and the subsequent centuries saw the steady fall from grace of the once-powerful Crown.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here are the texts (English<\/a> and Portuguese) for your reading pleasure.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capa<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00c0 Guisa de Apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pref\u00e1cio<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto I<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto II<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto III<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto IV<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto V<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto VI<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto VII<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto VIII<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto IX<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canto X<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o das Siglas Adoptadas e de Algumas Refer\u00eancias<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00cdndices<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Luiz Vaz de Cam\u00f5es’ epic poem Os Lus\u00edadas The Lusiads is widely considered the most important Portuguese-language text ever written. First published in 1572 and written in Homeric verse with an ottava rima cadence, The Lusiads served as a Portuguese national epic, akin to the Aeneid of the Romans.<br \/ Cam\u00f5es (sometimes spelled in English…<\/p>\n

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