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39.5 x 58 cm
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Handmade folder of hard paper with the handwritten title "Linguistic" as well as handwritten notes on papers of various sizes, with remarks and quotes of linguistic content: Cavafy's comments on his own poems and on works by other authors. Notes on the demotic and katharevousa, on the declination of certain nouns, and references to periodicals. Extensive excerpt from Xenopoulos' article in the Panathinaia (issue 56, 31/1/1903) regarding the language of Psicharis and Palamas. Copied verses by other poets. Some of the notes are written in English. Four pages torn off from a 1895 issue of Parnassos. Extensive use of abbreviations.
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations, holes and minor wears.
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"Thermopylae" >Α19
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Linguistic”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F08-0001 (214), 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-S03-F08-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notes (handwritten)
- Journals » Panathinaia
- Journals » Kritiki
- Journals » Parnassos
- Journals » Noumas, O
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Thermopylae"
- Newspapers » Akropolis
- Journals » Ethnikon Imerologion (K. F. Skokou)
- Works by other authors » Ton kath' Iro kai Leandron [Mousaios o Grammatikos]
- Works by other authors » Ta matia tis psychis mou [Palamas, Kostis]
- Works by other authors » To glossiko zitima: dialexis tou S. D. Stamatiadi pros tous mathitas tis Viomichanikis Akadimias [Stamatiadis, S. D.]
- Works by other authors » To taxidi mou [Psycharis, Giannis]
- Works by other authors » Istories tou Giannou Epachtiti [Vlachogiannis, Giannis]
- Works by other authors » "Fthinoporini zoi" [Xenopoulos, Grigorios]
- Works by other authors » Istorikai simeioseis peri ton dytikon en Peloponniso epi Enetokratias kai Tourkokratias (1685-1800) [De Viazis, Spyridon]
- Works by other authors » "Matia" [Vlachogiannis, Giannis]
- Works by other authors » "O Tassos eis ti fylaki" [Martzokis, Stefanos]
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Menardos, Simos (Subject)
- Vlachogiannis, Giannis (Subject)
- Stamatiadis, S. D. (Subject)
- Martzokis, Stefanos (Subject)
- Palamas, Kostis (Subject)
- Polemis, Ioannis (Subject)
- Drosinis, Georgios (Subject)
- Zalokostas, Georgios (Subject)
- Pallis, Alexandros (Subject)
- Xenopoulos, Grigorios (Subject)
- Theocritus (Subject)
- Karkavitsas, Andreas (Subject)
- Psichari, Jean (Subject)
- Skokos, Konstantinos F. (Subject)
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The notes include mentions of works by Modern Greek authors and references to the respective editions and publications. Additional reference to Cavafy's poem "Thermopylae", as regards the words in katharevousa (purist Modern Greek) it contains. The poet is collecting linguistic material.