Item 0009 (2059) - "C. P. Cavafy Poems"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0009 (2059)

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"C. P. Cavafy Poems"

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  • 1915-1922 (Creation)

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30.5 x 38.5 cm

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Two printed sheets, one made of paperboard and one made of paper, folded so as to form four-page leaflets, serving as front and back cover respectively, as well as the title and contents pages of the 1915-1922 period Collection. On the front cover and on the title page, the date "1922" is filled-in in ink by Cavafy. Subsequent handwritten note "incomplete" on the front cover. On the verso of the title page, handwritten dedication by Cavafy to Napoleon Lapathiotis. The table of contents is written in two columns, in chronological order. The titles of the four last poems of 1912 are handwritten. The last title of 1921, the titles of 1922 as well as the page numbers are handwritten on the verso of the contents page. No poems are included.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: discolourations; wears; tears.

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      "But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent" >Α385
      "Theodotus" >Α138
      "In the Entrance of the Café" >Α152
      "He Swears" >Α195
      "One Night" >Α141
      "Morning Sea" >Α141
      "Painted" >Α141
      "Orophernes" >Α142
      "The Battle of Magnesia" >Α142
      "Manuel Comnenus" >Α142
      "The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
      "Whenever They Are Aroused" >Α145
      "In the Street" >Α160
      "In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion" >Α581
      "In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
      "Passage" >Α160
      "For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610" >Α160
      "One of Their Gods" >Α160
      "In Evening" >Α152
      "To Pleasure" >Α164
      "Gray" >Α147
      "Tomb of Iases" >Α147
      "In the Month of Hathor" >Α147
      "I've Gazed So Much-" >Α147
      "Tomb of Ignatius" >Α160
      "Days of 1903" >Α160
      "The Window of the Tobacco Shop" >Α249
      "Caesarion" >Α160
      "Remember, Body…" >Α153
      "Tomb of Lanes" >Α153
      "Comprehension" >Α153
      "Nero's Deadline" >Α158
      "Envoys from Alexandria" >Α162
      "Aristobulus" >Α159
      "Safe Haven" >Α159
      "Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D." >Α162
      "Since Nine-" >Α162
      "Below the House" >Α163
      "The Next Table" >Α163
      "The Afternoon Sun" >Α164
      "To Stay" >Α232
      "Of the Jews (50 A.D.)" >Α165
      "Imenus" >Α165
      "Aboard the Ship" >Α179
      "Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" >Α167
      "If Indeed He Died" >Α171
      "Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)" >Α171
      "That They Come" >Α179
      "Darius" >Α344
      "Anna Comnena" >Α241
      "Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying" >Α179
      "Their Beginning" >Α201
      "Favour of Alexander Balas" >Α181
      "Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D." >Α191
      "Demaratus" >Α192
      "I Brought to Art" >Α181
      "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher" >Α191
      "Maker of Wine Bowls" >Α581
      "Those Who Fought on Behalf of the Achaean League" >Α222
      "For Antiochus Epiphanes" >Α364

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems”. Loose prints, 1915-1922. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF003-0009 (2059), 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-S01-F02-SF003-0009.

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          Collection Γ5.

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