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- February 1922 (Creation)
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27.5 x 21 cm
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Handwritten drafts of the poem "Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)" on all pages of a double sheet notepaper; on three loose sheets; on both sides of a printed broadsheet with fragment of the poem "Ides of March" bearing an emendation in the eighth verse; on both sides of a small piece of paper; on the recto of a note to Cavafy in English dated "2.2.22". Handmade folder with the handwritten title and the date "Febr. '22" on the verso of a cut printed medium entitled "Seventeenth Annual Report, The Egyptian Salt & Soda Company Limited".
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in pencil and ink. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclips; tear in one of the sheets.
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Publication note
"Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)" >Α618
"Ides of March" >Α111
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)”. Poem (manuscript), February 1922. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0011 (149), 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-F01-SF001-0011.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Notes (handwritten)
- Literary and other characters » Agesilaus ^(H)
- Literary and other characters » Conon ^(H)
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ides of March"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)"
- Literary and other characters » Ptolemy VIIΙ Euergetes II (Potbelly / Physkon) ^(H)
- Poem (manuscript)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
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Archivist's note
Three of the four loose sheets mentioned in the old catalogue have been located.