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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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- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Longings"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "An old man"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Supplication"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The souls of old people"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The first rung"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Interruption"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Thermopylae"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The windows"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » «Trojans»
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Awaiting the Barbarians"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Monotony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Faithlessness"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The funeral of Sarpedon"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The horses of Achilles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The footfalls"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "A statuary of Tyana"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Walls"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Ended"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The place"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The god forsaketh Anthony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Satrapy"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Ionic"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Ides of March"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Ithaca"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The glory of the Ptolemies"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The perilous"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Philhellene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Herodes Atticus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Come again"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "In church"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "All you can"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Of the workshop"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "I went"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The death of the emperor Tacitus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "In the Soul's house"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Addition"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The intervention of the gods"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "If indeed he died"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The company of Dionysos"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "This is he"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Betrayal"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Prayer"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The God Abandons Antony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Interruption"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "An Old Man"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Come Back"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "I Went"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Longings"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Glory of the Ptolemies"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Funeral of Sarpedon"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Thermopylae"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The City"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Satrapy"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ithaca"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Retinue of Dionysus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Song of Ionia"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Herodes Atticus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ides of March"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Monotony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Death of Emperor Tacitus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Waiting for the Barbarians"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Church"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "As Much As You Can"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Horses of Achilles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Philhellene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Trojans"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Steps"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Dangerous"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Che fece… il gran rifiuto"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Windows"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Walls"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Finished"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The First Step"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Stock"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "If Indeed He Died"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Sculptor from Tyana"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Intervention of the Gods"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That is He"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Addition"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the House of the Soul"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Old Men's Souls"
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- Cavafy, John Constantine (Authority)