Council of the Gods

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The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional organization
literary motif
mythological assembly
appearsInWork Os Lusíadas
associatedWithCharacter Portuguese navigators
associatedWithTheme Christian and pagan syncretism
maritime exploration
createdBy Luís de Camões
depicts conflict among gods over human destiny
hasAllegoricalMeaning glorification of Portuguese expansion
political legitimation of the Portuguese Empire
hasCountryOfOrigin Portugal
hasCulturalContext Age of Exploration
surface form: Portuguese Age of Discoveries
hasFirstPublicationCentury 16th century
hasFunction to debate the fate of Portuguese voyages of discovery
to influence the outcome of Vasco da Gama’s journey
hasGenre epic poetry
hasLanguage Portuguese
hasLiteraryPeriod Renaissance
hasMedium narrative poetry
hasMember Apollo
Dionysus
surface form: Bacchus

Juno
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Athena
surface form: Minerva

Neptune
Amphitrite
surface form: Thetis

Venus
hasMythology Greco-Roman mythology
hasNarrativePerspective third-person omniscient
hasOpposingFaction gods favoring the Portuguese
gods opposing the Portuguese
hasSetting Mount Olympus
hasTheme divine intervention in human affairs
fate versus free will
imperial destiny of Portugal
influencesCharacter Vasco da Gama
influencesEvent Portuguese India Armadas
surface form: Portuguese voyages to India

navigation around the Cape of Good Hope
literaryInfluence Homeric divine assemblies in the Iliad
Virgil’s divine councils in the Aeneid
narrativeRole framing device for the epic’s action
partOf Os Lusíadas
presidingDeity Jupiter
supportsNation Portugal

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Os Lusíadas containsEpisode Council of the Gods