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- April 1894 (Creation)
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34 x 43 cm
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Handwritten prose text ("The Last Days of Odysseus") on the recto of twelve ruled sheets numbered (1 to 12) at top right. The handwritten title with place (Alexandria) and date («Apr. '94") on the first of four pages of a double sheet notepaper, which serves both as cover and as protection for the text sheets. The sheet numbered "3" is smaller in size than the rest. Quotes in English and Italian. Cancellations in red ink. Signed "Const. F. Cavafy" on the last sheet, below the text. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink at the end of the text.
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil.
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"The Last Days of Odysseus" >Α533
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Cavafy, C. P.. “The Last Days of Odysseus”. Publication (draft), April 1894. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S02-F05-0001 (184), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF01-S02-F05-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Literary and other characters » Odysseus [Ulysses] ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Tireseas ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Poseidon ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Telegonos ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Circe ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Telemachus ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Diomedes ^(Μ)
- Literary and other characters » Aenias ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Hercules ^(Μ)
- Literary and other characters » Menelaus ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Ajax ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Helen ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Agamemnon ^(M)
- Literary and other characters » Achilles ^(M)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Last Days of Odysseus"
- Works by other authors » "Ulysses" [Tennyson, Alfred]
- Works by other authors » Aeneid [Virgil]
- Works by other authors » The Divine Comedy [Dante]
- Works by other authors » Odyssey [Homer]
- Literary and other characters » Penelope ^(M)
- Publication (draft)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Tennyson, Alfred (Subject)
- Rivarol, Antoine de (Subject)
- Paraschos, Achilleas (Subject)
- Virgil (Subject)
- Homer (Subject)
- Dante Alighieri (Subject)
- Bayne, Peter (Subject)