Item 0020 (1247) - Translations of poems by Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0020 (1247)

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Translations of poems by Cavafy

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42.8 x 27 cm

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Handwritten text by Cavafy, including 21 poems of his translated into English ("An o[ld] man", "Candles", "Voices", etc.) by his brother, John Cavafy, on six double sheet notepapers with notes on all sides; the last page of the last notepaper is blank. The text is abbreviated and is underlined all across. The poems are numbered in pencil (1-21, omitting 11).

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      English

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      Double sheet notepaper. Black ink and pencil. Watermark: Velo Mill Depose. Physical item wear: oxidations in some sheets; small holes in part of the item.

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      "Voices" >Α79
      "Old Men's Souls" >Α68
      "Candles" >A61
      "An Old Man" >Α54
      "Prayer" >Α55
      "The First Step" >Α62
      "Interruption" >Α70
      "Thermopylae" >Α19
      "Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >Α67
      "The Windows" >Α75
      "Trojans" >Α87
      "Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
      "Monotony" >Α98
      "Betrayal" >Α78
      "The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α58, Α100
      "The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "King Demetrius" >Α90
      "That Is He" >Α104
      "Sculptor from Tyana" >Α114
      "The Steps" >Α106

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      Cavafy, John Constantine. “Translations of poems by Cavafy”. Poem (translation), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0020 (1247), 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-SF001-0020.

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      F120_Φ16-36, F121_Φ1-2

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          The translations by John Cavafy have been published: Poems by C. P. Cavafy, Translated from the Greek, by J. Cavafy (Ikaros, Athens 2003).

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