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18 x 25 cm
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Handwritten notes by Cavafy on both sides of a sheet folded in a bifolio. The words "Zabinas", "Ptolemy" and "malefactor" may be discerned; references to publication pages. crossed out verses on the verso. On both sides of a second sheet, also folded in a bifolio, handwritten notes on Alexander II Zabinas and bibliographical references on both sides. Judging from the characters mentioned, it is possible that the notes are related to the poem "Should Have Taken the Trouble".
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in pencil and ink. Physical item wear: oxidations and holes.
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"Should Have Taken the Trouble" >Α350
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Notes by Cavafy”. Notes (handwritten), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S03-F10-0013 (1767), 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-F10-0013.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notes (handwritten)
- Works by other authors » A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [Smith, William]
- Works by other authors » The House of Seleucus [Bevan, Edwyn Robert]
- Works by other authors » La Grande Encyclopédie
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Should Have Taken the Trouble"
- Works by other authors » Lexiko Eleftheroudaki
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Alexander II Zabinas (Subject)
- Ptolemy VIII (Subject)
- Flavius Josephus (Subject)
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Cavafy uses the work by Bevan The House of Seleucus, William Smith's A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, the Eleftheroudakis dictionary and the La grande encyclopédie to draw information regarding Alexander II Zabinas.