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.
Statements (47)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.