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- 2/3/1919 (Creation)
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24.7 x 15.7 cm
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Handwritten copy of a letter by Cavafy to a recipient referred to as Panos. It is a reply to a friendly person that had visited Alexandria - most probably Panos Stavrinos. One sheet, written on both the recto and the verso. The date is noted in pencil; the letter is written in ink.
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Greek
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Plain paper. Black ink and pencil. Physical item wear: small tear of the paper in the centre of the sheet.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Copy of a letter by C. P. Cavafy”. Letter (copy), 02.03.1919. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0016 (497), 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-F17-SF003-0016.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Stavrinos, Panos (Subject)
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Regarding the recipient: see also a letter by Stavrinos to Cavafy (5/10/1918) from Athens [GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0042 (657)]. References in both texts to the stay of Stavrinos in Athens and to his family.