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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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- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The souls of old people"
- 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 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 » "The company of Dionysos"
- 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 » "This is he"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "A statuary of Tyana"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Betrayal"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Prayer"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Interruption"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "An Old Man"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Funeral of Sarpedon"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Thermopylae"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Window of the Tobacco Shop"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Candles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Monotony"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Waiting for the Barbarians"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Horses of Achilles"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Voices"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Trojans"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Steps"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Che fece… il gran rifiuto"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Windows"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The First Step"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Sculptor from Tyana"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That is He"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Old Men's Souls"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Retinue of Dionysus"
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)
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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).