Lisa, from Bacchus ancient Children where it looks, or then companions, And in it by then the first inhabitants. Camões, Os Lusíadas, strophe 22, Canto III The mistranslation became a real and plausible myth because according to Roman mythology, Bacchus would have been the conqueror of the region. Plutarch, according to the 12th Book of the Iberica of Spanish author Sóstenes, says that (notice that this theory is today completely descredited): After Bacchus conquered Iberia, left Pan to rule in his place, and it was him that gave his own name to the country, calling it Pania, that by corruption turned into Hispania. The Greek expression lyssa may mean "frenetic fury" or "madness", typical of Bacchus/Dionysus. Though, these etymologies seem little trustworthy. In Portugal In The Lusiads'' by Camões (1572), Lusus was the progenitor of the tribe of the Lusitanians and the founder of Lusitania. For the Portuguese of the 16th century it was important to look at the past prior to the Moorish domination to find the origins of the nationality. These interpretations would strongly be propagated by the authoritarian right-wing regime of the Estado Novo during the 20th century. See also Brutus of Troy References Portuguese literature Characters in Roman mythology Portuguese mythology