Lusiads 1-5

Lusiads 1
The council of the gods establishes the intent of fate to support the expansion of the empire. I am looking for more empire support through the rest of this propaganda leaflet we call an epic.

Lusiads 2
They meet the Sultan. De Gama dresses in ceremonial garb to meet him.

Lusiads 3
"It was Heaven permitted this, and not the might of your armies; for so was prophesied in the Ancient Word..." I don't know what prophecies he's drawing from, but this might be a way that the expansion of empire was justified.

Lusiads 4
"This was ordained by Divine Heaven, which spoke its will by many signs"... again, more justification for empire?

Lusiads 5
Paragraph 23 was very interesting. It says that if old philosophers had known the discoveries De Gama's fleet had, that they would have left better writings. This is a sort of nostalgia, and Hegelian notion that everything has been a progression and is moving forward. Would the Greeks had written better philosophy? Maybe they would have just played Playstation instead.