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- 28/11/1882 (Creation)
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17.9 x 22.6 cm
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Handwritten letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy on all sides of a bifolio. The author refers to the re-opening of the school of Konstantinos Papazis, describing in detail the classes he attends and their syllabus. He comments on persons from his friendly circle and the broader social circle of Alexandria as well as on events related to them; he also expresses his interest in rumours of a war between England and Turkey. He refers to the journal Parnassos and to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Cancellations and emendations. Numbers in pencil at the top of the first page. (Alexandria)
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English
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Plain paper. Black ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations; erased part of the text; small holes at the paper folding point.
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Schilizzi, Stephen Z.. “Letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy”. Letter, 28.11.1882. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0006 (1742), 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-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0006.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Schilizzi, Stephen Z. (Authority)
- Homer (Subject)
- Thucydides (Subject)
- Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th. (Subject)
- Skanavis, Leonidas D. (Subject)
- Papazis, Konstantinos (Subject)
- Damalas, (?) (Subject)
- Byron, George Gordon (Subject)
- Neroutsos, Tasillon (son of Tasos Neroutsos) (Subject)
- de Menasce, Jacob Levi (Baron de Menasce) (Subject)
- Polydoros, Georgios (Subject)
- "Hermes" Emporo-pragmatic Lyceum (Alexandria) (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, Aristeidis (Subject)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)