Os Lusíadas

Portuguese epic poem by Luís de Camões
Book national_epic Q781898
Os Lusíadas
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Os Lusíadas

Summary

Os Lusíadas is a national epic[1]. It draws 235 Wikipedia views per month (national_epic category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Os Lusíadas authored Q590[3].
  • Os Lusíadas's image is recorded as Os Lusíadas.jpg[4].
  • Os Lusíadas's instance of is recorded as national epic[5].
  • Os Lusíadas's instance of is recorded as printed book[6].
  • Os Lusíadas's movement is recorded as ancient literature[7].
  • Os Lusíadas's genre is recorded as epic poem[8].
  • Os Lusíadas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 186297237[9].
  • Os Lusíadas's GND ID is recorded as 4205862-4[10].
  • Os Lusíadas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85088803[11].
  • Os Lusíadas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120260636[12].
  • Os Lusíadas's IdRef ID is recorded as 028422244[13].
  • Os Lusíadas's place of publication is recorded as Lisbon[14].
  • Os Lusíadas's Commons category is recorded as Os Lusíadas[15].
  • Os Lusíadas's edition number is recorded as 1[16].
  • Os Lusíadas's language of work or name is recorded as Portuguese[17].
  • Os Lusíadas's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35211999[18].
  • Os Lusíadas's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Portugal[19].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Primeiro[20].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Segundo[21].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Terceiro[22].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Quarto[23].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Quinto[24].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Sexto[25].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Sétimo[26].
  • Os Lusíadas's has part is recorded as Canto Oitavo[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Os Lusíadas authored Q590[3].

Publication

Publication dates include +1572-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z[29], +1702-00-00T00:00:00Z[30], +1749-00-00T00:00:00Z[31], +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z[32], and +1805-00-00T00:00:00Z[33]. Os Lusíadas's place of publication is recorded as Lisbon[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Portuguese[17]. Its genre is recorded as epic poem[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include history of Portugal[34], Portuguese discoveries[35], and The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India[36]. Os Lusíadas's movement is recorded as ancient literature[7].

Why It Matters

Os Lusíadas draws 235 Wikipedia views per month (national_epic category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . World Digital Library. Retrieved . wdl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . purl.pt. purl.pt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . World Digital Library. Retrieved . wdl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . purl42916. purl42916. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . World Digital Library. Retrieved . wdl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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