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Mar 27, 2021 · In The Anabasis of Alexander, the 2nd C CE historian Arrian relates the how Alexander reached Nysa and was greeted by its citizens. Arrian is rather skeptical that the …
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Mar 31, 2021 · Questions about the Portuguese poet Luís Vaz de Camões (1524 or 1525–1580), or his life as a writer. He is considered the greatest Portuguese-language poet, and his best …
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Mar 31, 2021 · What is meant by "Nysa" in the Lusiads? The following verse appears in Book 1 of The Lusiads (William Mickle's translation, 1877 edition; emphasis mine): So spoke high Jove: …
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"Citation needed" for this, but I hope this helps as an initial pointer. The raise to "national epic" probably happened during the dictatorship times, "Estado Novo" (1933-1974), when the ruling …
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Os Lusíadas is one of the most important works of Portuguese literature, written by Luís de Camões in the 16th century and describing imaginatively the Portuguese voyages of …
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Mar 20, 2021 · In the fourth stanza of Book I of an English translation of Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), the narrator speaks to the "fair nymphs of Tagus" And you, fair nymphs …
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Dec 13, 2021 · What is meant by "Nysa" in the Lusiads? The following verse appears in Book 1 of The Lusiads (William Mickle's translation, 1877 edition; emphasis mine): So spoke high Jove: …