Item 0009 (2105) - Poetry collection

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0009 (2105)

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Poetry collection

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  • 1926-1929 (Creation)

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24.5 x 14.5 cm

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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ7) comprising 22 loose broadsheets with 16 poems. The broadsheets were printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in the period 1926-1929. There is no front cover or table of contents. The numbering of the sheets is not sequential (60, 70, 73, 75-79, 81-88). Handwritten addition of a word in the last poem.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.

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      "Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D." >A255
      "A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen" >A357
      "Anna Dalassene" >A293
      "Two Young Men, 23 to 24 Years Old" >A322
      "Greek Since Ancient Times" >A344
      "Days of 1901" >A581
      "You Didn't Understand" >A311
      "A Young Man, Skilled in the Art of the Word - in his 24th Year" >A575
      "Portrait of a Young Man of Twenty-Three Done by His Friend of the Same Age, an Amateur" >A346
      "In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C." >A345
      "Potentate from Western Libya" >A327
      "Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)" >A581
      "On the March to Sinope" >A332
      "Days of 1909, '10, and '11" >A346
      "Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D." >A344
      "Alexander Jannaeus, and Alexandra" >A364

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Poetry collection”. Poems (collection), 1926-1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0009 (2105), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F27-0009.

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