It opens with an assembly on Olympus called by Jove, who announces that the Fates have decreed that the men of Portugal, led by Vasco da Gama, should become the rulers of Asia, prompting a hazardous voyage around the Cape of Good Hope.  
At one point in this poem, a former titan named Adamastor prophesies that many of those following the protagonist will have to die for their daring.  Later, a furious Bacchus incites Neptune to send storms to destroy the adventurer's ships, but they are saved by Venus.  It opens with an assembly on Olympus called by Jove, who announces that the Fates have decreed that the men of Portugal, led by Vasco da Gama, should become the rulers of Asia, prompting a hazardous voyage around the Cape of Good Hope.  FTP, what is this epic poem by Luis de Camoes?
At one point in this poem, a former titan named Adamastor prophesies that many of those following the protagonist will have to die for their daring.  
The Lusiads or Os Lusiades