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31 x 43.5 cm
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Handwritten notes in a sheet of paper, of which approximately one quarter is missing, and in two bifolios. Cancellations. Verses and short quotes. At bottom right of the first page of the last bifolio, the word "superseded" in capitals. Interpolated phrases in English.
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in pencil.
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"Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" >Α167
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Notes by Cavafy”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F10-0008 (824), 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-S03-F10-0008.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Smith, William (Subject)
- Flavius Josephus (Subject)
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Working notes, variations and drafting of verses from the poem "Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" (expressions such as "in defeat") as well as historical notes. Miscellaneous notes from Josephus and William Smith, without detailed citations but only with mere mention of their names. The works by Smith Α Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (3 vol, London 1880) and A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (London 1890), as well as Jewish Antiquities by Josephus are mentioned in the list of printed media in Cavafy's library (Karampini-Iatrou Μ., I vivliothiki tou C. P. Cavafy, Athens 2003, p. 138) .