Item 0001 (375) - "To kavafiko ergo"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F14-0001 (375)

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"To kavafiko ergo"

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  • September 1929 (Creation)

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29.5 x 20 cm

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Ioannis Mainaliotis (1894-1982, real name Ioannis Benopoulos) was originally from Tripolis (Peloponnese, Greece). He is regarded to be a representative of Modernist poetry. He published three collections (in the 1919-1957 period) and his sources of inspiration were the myths and philosophy of the ancient Greek world.

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Handwritten prose text by Ioannis Mainaliotis, entitled "To kavafiko ergo" [Cavafy's Work], on the recto of eleven sheets. The text, an extensive analysis of Cavafy's poetic work, is divided into ten units, numbered in Roman numerals. Sheets 2-11 are numbered at top right. Some words and phrases are underlined. Location and date indication as well as the author's signature at the end of the text.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink.

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      Mainaliotis, Ioannis. “To kavafiko ergo”. Prose text, September 1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F14-0001 (375), 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-S04-F14-0001.

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      Χ.φ., Φ Α'-ΙΑ'

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