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31.5 x 24.5 cm
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Handwritten English translation of the poem "The Seleucid's Displeasure" by G. Valassopoulo on both sides of a sheet. Manuscript cancellations and emendations by Cavafy in ink and pencil. On both sides of a cut piece of paper (the second side is numbered "2") and on the recto of another (numbered "3"), copy of Valassopoulo's translation by Cavafy, with entered corrections and a cancellation. Double sheet notepaper with crossed out handwritten notes by Cavafy on the translation of the poem. Two broadsheets ("α", "β") with the original poem numbered "11" on the first sheet, printed in 1922. Handwritten notes by Cavafy on the verso of the second broadsheet.
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English
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclips; wears; tears.
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"The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
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Valassopoulo, George A.. “The Displeasure of the Seleucid”. Poem (translation), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF002-0052 (1052), 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-SF002-0052.
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- Valassopoulo, George A. (Authority)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)