Item 0004 (2228) - “C. P. Cavafy Poems”

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0004 (2228)

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“C. P. Cavafy Poems”

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  • 1919-1922 (Creation)

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30 x 19 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Collection of poems by Cavafy (Γ5), consisting of 61 poems on 70 loose prints attached with a metal paperclip on their top left corner. Paperboard bifolio in lieu of a front cover with the printed title “C. P. Cavafy Poems. Alexandria 1915-1922” on its first page (second date has been added by hand). Cavafy’s handwritten dedication to Marika Kotopouli on title page (second date has been added by hand). On p. 13, 47, 55β’, handwritten corrections in ink by the poet. The pages are numbered in print at the top right, in some cases corrected in ink. The sheets were printed by the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria, accompanied by the year of printing (1919-1922). In some cases, there are corrections in ink. The last page contains the table of contents with chronological arrangement by year (1915-1921), with the poet’s handwritten additions for year 1921 in ink.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink. Some tear and wear on spine.

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      “But Wise Men Apprehend What is Imminent” >A385
      “Theodotus” >A138
      “In the Entrance of the Café” >A152
      “He Swears” >A195
      “One Night” >A141
      “Sea of the Morning” >A141
      “Painted” >A141
      “Orophernes” >A142
      “The Battle of Magnesia” >A142
      “Manuel Comnenus” >A142
      “The Seleucid's Displeasure” >A142
      “Whenever They are Aroused” >A145
      “In the Street” >A160
      “In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion” >A581
      “In a City of Osrhoene” >A152
      “Passage” >A160
      “For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610” >A160
      “One of Their Gods” >A160
      “In Evening” >A152
      “To Pleasure” >A164
      “Gray” >A147
      “Tomb of Iases” >A147
      “In the Month of Hathor” >A147
      “I’ve Gazed So Much–” >A147
      “Tomb of Ignatius” >A160
      “Days of 1903” >A160
      “The Window of the Tobacco Shop” >A249
      “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.” >A162
      “Since Nine–” >A162
      “Below the House” >A163
      “The Next Table” >A163
      “The Afternoon Sun” >A164
      “To Stay” >A232
      “Of Jews (50 A.D.)” >A165
      “Imenus” >A165
      “Aboard the Ship” >A179
      “Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)” >A167
      “If Indeed He Died” >A171
      “Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)” >A171
      “That They Come” >A179
      “Darius” >A344
      “Anna Comnena” >A241
      “Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying” >A179
      “Their Beginning” >A201
      “Favour of Alexander Balas” >A181
      “Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D.” >A191
      “Demaratus” >A192
      “I Brought to Art” >A181
      “From the School of the Renowned Philosopher” >A191
      “Maker of Wine Bowls” >A581
      “Those Who Fought on Behalf of the Achaean League” >A222
      “For Antiochus Epiphanes” >A364
      “In an Old Book–” >A216

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      Cavafy, C. P.. ““C. P. Cavafy Poems””. Poems (collection), 1919-1922. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0004 (2228), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F42-0004.

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          Collection Γ5.

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