How Long to Read The Lusiads

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lusiads?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 10 minutes to read The Lusiads by Luis De Camoes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões (Camoens).The heroes of the epic are the Lusiads (Lusíadas), the sons of Lusus or in other words, the Portuguese. Vasco da Gama. The initial strophes of Jupiter's speech in the Concílio dos Deuses Olímpicos (Olympian Gods Council) which open the narrative part, highlight the laudatory orientation of the author.Written in Homeric fashion, the poem focuses mainly on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, as well as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. It was first printed in 1572, three years after the author returned from the Indies.The poem consists of ten cantos, with a variable number of stanzas (1102 in total), written in the decasyllabic ottava rima, which has the rhyme scheme ABABABCC.

How long is The Lusiads?

The Lusiads by Luis De Camoes is 550 pages long, and a total of 137,500 words.

This makes it 186% the length of the average book. It also has 168% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lusiads Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 31 minutes to read The Lusiads aloud.

What Reading Level is The Lusiads?

The Lusiads is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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