Item 0005 (1909) - Letter by Cavafy to N. Lapathiotis

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F32-0005 (1909)

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Letter by Cavafy to N. Lapathiotis

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  • 25/8/1925 (Creation)

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25 x 16 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten letter by Cavafy to Napoleon Lapathiotis on both sides of a sheet and on one side of a second sheet. Cavafy thanks Lapathiotis for his appreciation and support to his work, and informs him that he is sending two poetry collections of his. He encloses a handwritten list with the publications of earlier poems in issues of the journal Nea Techni. Accompanied by envelope with Lapathiotis' address in Athens. (Alexandria)

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink.

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      "Interruption" >Α70
      "Old Men's Souls" >Α68
      "The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α58, Α100
      "Voices" >Α79
      "Longings" >Α85
      "Betrayal" >Α78
      "The First Step" >Α62
      "The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "Thermopylae" >Α19
      "Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >Α67
      "Walls" >Α50
      "The Windows" >Α75
      "Candles" >Α61
      "An Old Man" >Α54
      "Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
      "King Demetrius" >Α90
      "Prayer" >Α55
      "Trojans" >Α87

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Letter by Cavafy to N. Lapathiotis”. Letter, 25.08.1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F32-0005 (1909), 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-F32-0005.

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          Cavafy sends Lapathiotis the Collections 1908-1914 and 1915-1925.

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