“I, then inspired, the wondering world should see
Great Ammon's warlike son revived in thee;
Revived unenvious of the Muse's flame
That over the world resounds Pelides' name.”

— Luís de Camões

Fico que em todo o mundo de vós cante,<br>De sorte que Alexandro em vós se veja,<br>Sem à dita de Aquiles ter enveja. <br class="br">Stanza 156, line 6–8 (tr. William Julius Mickle); hear the last lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHwqw1Fbcoc&feature=youtu.be&t=6m5s [in Portuguese] <br class="br">Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto X

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