Item 0006 (1619) - Prose text

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F01-0006 (1619)

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Prose text

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  • n.d. (Creation)

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27.5 x 22 cm

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[Singopoulo, Alekos D.]

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten texts by Alekos Singopoulo on the rectos of twenty ruled sheets with repeated numbering at top right. Blank versos. Comments by Singopoulo on seven poems by Cavafy ("Sculptor from Tyana", "The Retinue of Dionysus", "That Is He", "In Stock", "Orophernes", "Very Rarely", "Chandelier"). Cancellations and emendations; short quotes from poems by Cavafy. The ensemble of sheets is enclosed in a handmade, particularly oxidated, folder with crossed out numbers on one side.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Watermark: Spartan Bond. Physical item wear: oxidations, tears, holes.

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      "Sculptor from Tyana" >Α114
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "That Is He" >Α104
      "In Stock" >Α133
      "Orophernes" >Α142
      "Very Rarely" >Α132
      "Chandelier" >Α137
      "Song of Ionia" >Α46
      "Alexandrian Kings" >Α129
      "Caesarion" >Α160
      "Philhellene" >Α127
      "The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
      "The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian" >Α135
      "Old Men's Souls" >Α68
      "I Went" >Α133
      "Passage" >Α160
      "Dangerous" >Α123
      "In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
      "Ithaca" >Α122
      "Voices" >Α79
      "Painted" >Α141
      "The Windows" >Α75

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      Singopoulo, Alekos D.. “Prose text”. Prose text, n.d.. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F01-0006 (1619), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F01-0006.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_A2

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          Analysis of seven poems by Cavafy, with primarily hermeneutical comments. Use of other poems by Cavafy with a comparative intent.

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