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- 8/9/1898 (Creation)
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34 x 21.5 cm
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Handwritten prose text by Cavafy, written on the recto of three sheets numbered at top right. Blank versos. Comments on four verses of the English translation of the poem "Absence". The number of three of the verses is corrected in pencil. Use of English words. Footnotes on the last two pages.
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien. Physical item wear: holes, oxidations.
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"If Indeed He Died" >Α171
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Report on the Translation of the Poem Absence ”. Prose text, 08.09.1898. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F11-0001 (1639), 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-F11-0001.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Philostratus (Subject)
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The poem "Absence" is an early version of the poem "If Indeed He Died".