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20 x 14 cm
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Polys Modinos (1899-1988) was an Alexandrian of Cypriot origin. He was educated in Paris (France), a diplomat, a scholar and the first Rector of the University of Cyprus. In his youth he practised Law in Alexandria (Egypt), while later (in the 1970s) he served as ambassador of Cyprus to France, Spain and to the Holy See. He published the collection of poems entitled Rythmikes zoes (Grammata, 1927). In 1918 he gave a lecture in Alexandria, together with Alekos Singopoulo, on Cavafy’s poetic work, the text of which was published the same year.
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Printed sixteen-page edition containing the text of the lecture by Polys Modinos and Alekos Singopoulo on Cavafy's poetry. The lecture was given at the Scientific Association "Ptolemy I" of Alexandria on "23 February 1918". Handwritten dedication by Singopoulo to Y. Kagkellaris at top right of the title page.
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"Comprehension" >Α153
"Dangerous" >Α123
"One of Their Gods" >Α160
"Orophernes" >Α142
"Ides of March" >Α111
"The God Abandons Antony" >Α116
"Ithaca" >Α122
"Come Back" >Α131
"Far Off" >Α152
"I Went" >Α133
"Passage" >Α160
"To Pleasure" >Α164
"Chandelier" >Α137
"One Night" >Α141
"Candles" >A61
"Morning Sea" >Α141
"He Swears" >Α195
"The City" >A107
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Modinos, Polys & Singopoulo, Alekos D.. “Lecture on the poetic work of C. P. Cavafy”. Publication, 1918. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F01-0001 (1621), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F01-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Literary and other characters » Myrtias ^(I)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Far Off"
- Journals » Grammata
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The God Abandons Antony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "One of Their Gods"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Come Back"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "I Went"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The City"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ithaca"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "To Pleasure"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ides of March"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "One Night"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Comprehension"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Passage"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Chandelier"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "He Swears"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Orophernes"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Dangerous"
- Journals » Nea Zoi
- Works by other authors » Techni kai Routina [Apouanoi]
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Morning Sea"
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- Modinos, Polys (Authority)
- Singopoulo, Alekos D. (Authority)
- Ibsen, Henrik (Subject)
- Socrates (Subject)
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (Subject)
- Peridis, Michalis (Subject)
- Brissimizakis, Georges (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Kasimatis & Ionas Press (Subject)
- Kagkellaris, Y. (Subject)
- Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Martinius (Subject)
- Armand, Émile (Subject)
- Alexandria Association of Greek Scientists "Ptolemy I" (Subject)
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Interpretative approach of certain poems by Cavafy and attempt to outline the poet's artistic and intellectual profile.