Item 0007 (1928) - "Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0007 (1928)

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"Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy"

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  • 1916, 1918 (Creation)

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26 x 18.5 cm

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Leather-bound volume, comprising typewritten English translations of Cavafy's poems by his brother, John. On the cover, the title "Cavafy Poems" in gold letters inside a gold border. On the "title page", the note "Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy translated by J. C. Cavafy" and the indication "Alexandria 1916". Affixed on the page, using two English postage stamps, a print entitled "Poems by C. P. Cavafy. Translated, from the Greek, by J. C. Cavafy" and the indication "Alexandria 1918". It is followed by five pages of contents and the poems in English. The pages are numbered ("i-v" and "1-65") at bottom centre. The volume includes forty-four poems. All poems are typewritten, except for the last, which is written on the last two pages of the volume, one of which bears the number "65" at top left. Handwritten cancellations and emendations in several poems.

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      English

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      Writing in ink. Watermark: Marmaty Mill J.C.A. Physical item wear: oxidations.

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      "Voices" >Α79
      "Longings" >Α85
      "Candles" >Α61
      "An Old Man" >Α54
      "Prayer" >Α55
      "Old Men's Souls" >Α68
      "The First Step" >Α62
      "Interruption" >Α70
      "Thermopylae" >Α19
      "The Windows" >A75
      "Trojans" >Α87
      "Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
      "Monotony" >Α98
      "Betrayal" >Α78
      "The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α58, Α100
      "Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >A67
      "The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "King Demetrius" >Α90
      "The Steps" >Α106
      "That Is He" >Α104
      "Sculptor from Tyana" >Α114
      "Walls" >Α50
      "Finished" >Α112
      "The City" >Α107
      "The God Abandons Antony" >Α116
      "The Satrapy" >Α108
      "Song of Ionia" >Α46
      "Ides of March" >Α111
      "Ithaca" >Α122
      "The Glory of the Ptolemies" >Α121
      "Dangerous" >Α123
      "Philhellene" >Α127
      "Herodes Atiicus" >Α125
      "Come Back" >Α131
      "In the Church" >Α227
      "As Much As You Can" >Α133
      "In Stock" >Α133
      "I Went" >Α133
      "The Death of the Emperor Tacitus" >Α49
      "In the House of the Soul" >Α423
      "Addition" >Α426
      "The Intervention of the Gods" >Α428
      "If Indeed He Died" >Α171

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      Cavafy, John Constantine. “Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy”. Poem (translation), 1916, 1918. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0007 (1928), 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-S04-F12-SF001-0007.

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