Item 0004 (2101) - Poetry collection

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0004 (2101)

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Poetry collection

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  • 1917-1921 (Creation)

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25 x 18.5 cm

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Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ5) comprising 68 printed broadsheets with 58 poems. The sheets are numbered at top right (2-58). The numbering is printed but in most sheets it has been crossed out and corrected by hand. There is no cover or title page. Printed page with table of contents on the recto, containing poems of the period 1915-1920 in two columns. Titles of 1920 and 1921 poems added by Cavafy at the end of the second column and on the verso. The broadsheets were printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria during the 1917-1921 period, using fonts of different sizes and on papers of various qualities and colours. Handwritten emendations by Cavafy in the text of three poems and in the date of two others. Holes at top left of all sheets caused by metal paperclip.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations; holes.

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      "But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent" >Α385
      "Theodotus" >Α138
      "In the Entrance of the Café">Α152
      "He Swears">Α195
      "One Night">Α141
      "Morning Sea">Α141
      "Painted">Α141
      "Orophernes">Α142
      "The Battle of Magnesia">Α142
      "Manuel Comnenus">Α142
      "The Seleucid's Displeasure">Α142
      "Whenever They Are Aroused">Α145
      "In the Street">Α160
      "In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion">Α581
      "In a City of Osrhoene">Α152
      "Passage">Α160
      "For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610">Α160
      "One of Their Gods">Α160
      "In Evening">Α152
      "To Pleasure">Α164
      "Gray">Α147
      "Tomb of Iases">Α147
      "In the Month of Hathor">Α147
      "I've Gazed So Much-">Α147
      "Tomb of Ignatius">Α160
      "Days of 1903">Α160
      "The Window of the Tobacco Shop">Α249
      "Caesarion">Α160
      "Remember, Body…">Α153
      "Tomb of Lanes">Α153
      "Comprehension">Α153
      "Nero's Deadline">Α158
      "Envoys from Alexandria">Α162
      "Aristobulus">Α159
      "Safe Haven">Α159
      "Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D.">Α162
      "Since Nine-">Α162
      "Below the House">Α163
      "The Next Table">Α163
      "The Afternoon Sun">Α164
      "To Stay">Α232
      "Of the Jews (50 A.D.)">Α165
      "Imenus">Α165
      "Aboard the Ship">Α179
      "Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)">Α167
      "If Indeed He Died">Α171
      "Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)">Α171
      "That They Come-">Α179
      "Darius">Α344
      "Anna Comnena">Α241
      "Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying">Α179
      "Their Beginning">Α201
      "Favour of Alexander Balas">Α181
      "Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D.">Α191
      "Demaratus">Α192
      "I Brought to Art">Α181
      "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher">Α191
      "Maker of Wine Bowls">Α581

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Poetry collection”. Poems (collection), 1917-1921. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0004 (2101), 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-F27-0004.

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