Camoëns

American  

[kam-oh-ens] / ˈkæm oʊˌɛns /

Also Camões

noun

1. Luis Vaz de 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.

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Camoëns British  

/ ˈkæməʊˌɛns, kaˈmõiʃ /

noun

1. Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572).

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Camoëns

Here he is said to have invoked the genius of the epic muse, and tradition has conferred on this retreat the name of the Grotto of Camoëns.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta

After his banishment Camoëns obtained permission to join the forces directed against the Moors, and shortly after lost an eye in an engagement in the Strait of Gibraltar.

From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

The national epic of Portugal is the work of Luis de Camoëns, who, inspired by patriotic fervor, sang in Os Lusiades of the discovery of the eagerly sought maritime road to India.

From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

If you would know Portugal in her great age of discovery and conquest and national expansion, read the "Lusiads" of Camoëns.

From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

This poem was written during his ten years' residence in Macao, and the garden, grotto, and bust of Camoëns are all a memorial tribute from a fellow countryman, Lorenco Marques.

From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

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