What is Ulisseia (epic poem)?
'''Ulisseia ou Lisboa Edificada''' is an epic poem by Portuguese poet [[Gabriel Pereira de Castro]]. It was published by author's brother Luís Pereira de Castro in 1636.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/gcastro.htm |title=Gabriel Pereira de Castro at Projecto Vercial. |access-date=2016-12-14 |archive-date=2017-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301203653/http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/gcastro.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The poem is written in [[ottava rima]]<ref>[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/glossary-terms/detail/ottava-rima Ottava rima at Poetry Foundation.]</ref> (oitava rima in Portuguese).<ref>[http://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/oitava-rima/ Oitava rima at Dicionario Informal.]</ref> The stanza is rhymed abababcc.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/art/ottava-rima Ottava rima, poetic form at Encyclopaedia Britannica.]</ref> The poem is about discovery of Portugal by Ulysses.<ref>{{cite book| last = Jack| first = Malcolm| title = Lisbon: City of the Sea: A History| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0W881E496RcC&pg=PA3| year = 2007| publisher = I.B.Tauris| isbn = 978-1-84511-403-9| page = 3 }}</ref> <poem> As Armas e o varão que os mal seguros Campos cortou do Egeu e do Oceano, Que por perigos e trabalhos duros Eternizou seu nome soberano: A grã Lisboa e seus primeiros muros (De Europa e largo Império Lusitano Alta cabeça), se eu pudesse tanto, À Pátria, ao mundo, à Eternidade canto. </poem> == References == <references/> == Bibliografia == * [https://ia902605.us.archive.org/32/items/ulyssaoulisboae00galhgoogulyssaoulisboae00galhgoog.pdf Ulysséa ou Lisboa Edificada. Poema Heroico de Gabriel Pereira de Castro, Lisboa 1827.] == Other websites == * [http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/gcastro.htm Gabriel Pereira de Castro, Ulisseia ou Lisboa Edificada at Projecto Vercial.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301203653/http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/gcastro.htm |date=2017-03-01 }} [[Category:Epic poems]]