The Araucana is versified history, not epic.

The Araucaniad; a version in English poetry of Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga's La Araucana.

The Araucaniad; a version in English poetry of Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga's La Araucana.

ERCILLA Y ZUÑIGA, a Spanish poet, born at Madrid; took part in the war of the Spaniards with the Araucos in Chile, which he celebrated in an epic of no small merit called "La Araucana"; he ended his days in poverty (1553-1595).

El historiador Mora, Ercilla de esta nueva Araucana, habla de la aquiescencia de Gorostiza respecto de las medidas dictadas en materias eclesiásticas, y de la parte activa que tomó en el plan de secularización de la enseñanza y

Here occurred in 1808 the popular uprising against Godoy, the Spanish minister, which caused Charles IV to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand) *Araucana* f. Araucana (epic by Alonso de Ercilla, on the conquest of Chile and the bloody encounters of the Spaniards with the native *araucanos*) *arbitrio* m. power, means *argumento* m. plot (of a play or story)

Here occurred in 1808 the popular uprising against Godoy, the Spanish minister, which caused Charles IV to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand) *Araucana* f. Araucana (epic by Alonso de Ercilla, on the conquest of Chile and the bloody encounters of the Spaniards with the native *araucanos*) *arbitrio* m. power, means *argumento* m. plot (of a play or story)