Lusus is the supposed son or companion of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and fury, to whom mythology must have attributed the foundation of Lusitania, modern Portugal. Bacchus is the name of: The Greek god of wine and fertility, Dionysus, known also as Eleutherios (a. ... A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Lusitanian (or Ancient Portuguese) Gods were later related with the Celtic and Roman invaders. ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura...

This you see is Lusus, from whose fame

Our kingdom Lusitania it has the name”

“Was son and companion fom the Theban,

That so diversed parts he conquered;

It looks to come have to the nest Hispan

In path of arms, that always he used;

From Douro to Guadiana field boasten,

Said Elysium, so much he contented

That there wished give the tired bones

Eternal grave, and name to our owns.”

“The branch that you see him for device,

The green thyrsus that was from Bacchus used;

The which to our age ashows and warns

That was his companion and son beloved.”

Free translation from Luis Vaz de Camoens, The Lusiads, strophes 2 to 4 from Canto VIII Anthem: O Hino da Carta (from 1834) The Kingdom of Portugal in 1561 Capital Lisbon¹ Language(s) Portuguese Religion Roman Catholic Government Monarchy King  - 1139-1185 Afonso I  - 1908-1910 Manuel II History  - Established 26 July, 1139  - Peninsular War 1808-1814  - Brazilian suzerainty 1815  - Brazilian independence October 12, 1822  - Revolution... Bacchus is the name of: The Greek god of wine and fertility, Dionysus, known also as Eleutherios (a. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Guadiana (Latin Anas, Spanish Guadiana, Portuguese Guadiana) - one of the major rivers of Spain, part of it is the border with Portugal, ends in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Elysian redirects here. ... Luís de Camões Monument to Luís de Camões, Lisbon Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes rendered in English as Camoens) (1524 – June 10, 1580) is considered Portugals greatest poet. ... Front of the first edition of Os Lusíadas Os Lusíadas, pron. ...

History

Cover from Naturalis Historia from Pliny the Elder, the work that could have involuntarily been the origin from the mythical character Lusus.

With the conquest from the Iberian Peninsula by the roman empire, the region of Lusitania was converted in a roman province, corresponding approximately to the present area of Portugal south from the river Douro and to the Spanish province of Extremadura. Front page of Plinys Naturalis Historia from [1] This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Front page of Plinys Naturalis Historia from [1] This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Naturalis Historia Pliny the Elders Natural History is an encyclopedia written by Pliny the Elder. ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19th Century portrait. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... A compass rose with South highlighted South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... The Douro or Duero (Latin: Durius, Spanish: Duero, Portuguese: Douro, pron. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Capital Mérida Official language(s) Spanish; Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 5th  41,634 km²  8. ...

Although there are not any historic records from the eponym Luso or Lusus between the local peoples from the time, celts and Iberians. Among it’s tribal inhabitants, there where no historical “Lusii” to have a tribal eponym Lusus. Instead the province took it’s latin name Lusitania from it’s inhabitants, the warbands of the lusitanians (lusitani) who banded together, drawn from several tribes, to counter the Roman domination, leaded first by Viriathus (murdered 139 BCE) and afterwards by Sertorius (also murdered, 72 BCE). An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Celts, normally pronounced // (see article on pronunciation), is widely used to refer to the members of any of the peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages or descended from those who did. ... Main language areas in Iberia circa 200 BC. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians)[1] were a Celtic people of late La Tène culture living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain and northern Portugal, before and during the Roman Empire. ... The Lady of Baza, made by Iberians The Iberians were an ancient, Pre-Indo-European people who inhabited the east and southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in prehistoric and historic times. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Lusitanians (or Lusitani in Latin) were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula (province of Lusitania), who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans. ... This article is on the social structure. ... Statue of Viriathus, at Viseu, Portugal Viriathus (known as Viriato in Portuguese and Castilian) (? - 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of Western Iberia, where the Roman province of Lusitania would be established (in the areas comprising Portugal, south... Quintus Sertorius (died 72 BC), Roman statesman and general. ...

Mythology

Presently it is thought that the supposed existence of the mythological character Lusus derives from a mistranslation of the expression «lusum enin Liberi patris» (from lusus of father/master Liber derives), in the work Naturalis Historia from Pliny the Elder. The mistake would have been the interpretation of the word lusum or lusus as a proper name, instead of a simple common name that means game. Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Naturalis Historia Pliny the Elders Natural History is an encyclopedia written by Pliny the Elder. ... Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19th Century portrait. ... This article is about the philosophical issues relating to a certain class of nominative words. ... In science, a common name is any name by which a species or other concept is known that is not the official scientific name. ...

In a translation of the work: «M. Varro informs us, that (…) the name "Lusitania " is derived from the games (lusus) of Father Bacchus, or the fury (lyssa ) of his frantic attendants, and that Pan was the governor of the whole of it. But the traditions respecting Hercules and Pyrene, as well as Saturn, I conceive to be fabulous in the highest degree.'» Marcus Terentius Varro ([[116 BC]–27 BC), also known as Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his contemporary Varro Atacinus, was a Roman scholar and writer, who the Romans came to call the most learned of all the Romans. ...

This would have been read by André de Resende as «(…) the name “Lusitania” derives from Lusus of Father (master or father) Bacchus», and therefore was interpreted that Lusus would be a companion or son of the furious god. It is this reading that is seen in the strophe 22 of Canto III of The Lusiads of Camoens. André de Resende (1498-1573), the father of archaeology in Portugal, began life as a Dominican friar, but about 1540 passed over to the ranks of the secular clergy. ... God, as a male deity, contrasts with female deities, or goddesses while the term goddess specifically refers to a female deity, words like gods and deities can be applied to all gods collectively, regardless of gender. ... Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads) is considered one of the finest and most important works in Portuguese literature. ... Luís de Camões Monument to Luís de Camões, Lisbon Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes rendered in English as Camoens) (1524 – June 10, 1580) is considered Portugals greatest poet. ...

This was the Lusitania, which was derived

From Lusus, or Lisa, from Bacchus ancient

Children where it looks, or then companions,

And in it by then the first incholians [inhabitants].”

Luis Vaz de Camoens, The Lusiads, Strophe 22 from the Canto III Some factual claims in this article or section need to be verified. ...

The mistranslation became a real and plausible myth because according to the roman mythology, Bacchus would have been the conqueror of the region. Plutarch, quoting the 12th Book of the Iberica of Sostenes, says that: A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Mestrius Plutarchus (Greek: Πλούταρχος; 46 - 127), better known in English as Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist. ...

«After Bacchus had conquered Iberia, left Pan to rule as his representative, that gave it’s name to the region, calling it of Pania, that by corruption turned into Hispania.» The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Pan (Greek , genitive ) is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music: paein means to pasture. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iberian Peninsula. ...

The greek expression lyssa may mean “frenetic fury” or “madness”, typical of Bacchus/Dionysus. Though, this etymologies look to be little trustworthy. Bacchus is the name of: The Greek god of wine and fertility, Dionysus, known also as Eleutherios (a. ... This article is about the ancient deity. ... Not to be confused with Entomology, the scientific study of insects. ...

In Portugal

In the literary work The Lusiads from Luis de Camoens (printed in 1572), Lusus was the progenitor of the tribe of the Lusitanians and the founder of Lusitania . For the portuguese of the 15th century it was important to look at the past previous to the moorish domination to find the origins of the nationality. The visigoth also would not be the ideal ancestors, due to the heretic arianism they professed. So it was looked at the highest culture from Rome, origin of a pure catholicism, and at the people inhabiting the territory of Portugal before and during the dominion from this empire. Besides, as descendents of a son of Bacchus (conqueror of India and the Orient) it was natural for them to inherit the possetions of their divine grandfather. January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... For other uses, see moor. ... Portugal is a European nation whose origins go back to the Early Middle Ages. ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... Look up Heresy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      As a... A territory (from the word terra, meaning land) is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution. ... Main language areas in Iberia circa 250 BC. This is a list of the Pre-Roman people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania - modern Andorra, Portugal and Spain). ... Peoples of the Iberian peninsula just before the Roman process of conquest The Conquest of Hispania was a historical period that began with the Roman landing at Empúries in 218 B.C. and ended with the conclusion of the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (or Hispania) by Caesar... This article is about the political and historical term. ... The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... // Main article: Portuguese Empire An anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999). ...

With the impulse of the literary work of Camoens, and posteriorly also with the emphasis given to it during the New State, must have popularised through the world this interpretation of the existence of Lusus as a mythological character. History of Portugal series Prehistoric Portugal Pre-Roman Portugal Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia Visigoths and Suevi Moorish rule and Reconquista First County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal Second County of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy Consolidation of the Monarchy 1383–1385 Crisis Discoveries Portuguese Empire 1580 Crisis Iberian...

See also

• Lusitanian mythology

Lusitanian (or Ancient Portuguese) Gods were later related with the Celtic and Roman invaders. ...

References

[1] The article Luso (mitologia)/Lusus (mythology) (in Portuguese Luso can also be the name of Luso (portuguese village) and the colonial name of Luena, Angola) in the Portuguese wikipedia, with usefull external links The Luena (also spelt Lwena) is a river which rises in Angola, and flows east into the Zambezi, joining it in Zambia. ...