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41.1 x 30.6 cm
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Angelos Sikelianos was born on the island of Leucas (Lefkada, Greece) in 1884. He settled in Athens in 1900 and started publishing his poems two years later. In 1907 he married Eva Palmer, with whose support and full-hearted participation he organised the Delphic Festivals (1927, 1930). Sikelianos was also a prose writer and a composer of tragedies. He died in Athens in 1951.
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Handwritten poem by Angelos Sikelianos ("Ymnos tou megalou Nostou") on one side of seven numbered large-size sheets. The poet's name and location in the last sheet (Delphi).
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Greek
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Black ink on paper. Physical item wear: oxidations in the last sheet.
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Sikelianos, Angelos. “Ymnos tou megalou Nostou”. Poem (printed), n.d.. GR-OF CA SING-S02-F06-SF001-0022 (1314), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds (Alexandrini Techni Archive). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S02-F06-SF001-0022.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Sikelianos, Angelos (Authority)
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Archivist's note
The item is inserted in a double sheet notepaper with information regarding its publication in the journal Alexandrini Techni (1929).
Archivist's note
The poem by Sikelianos was published in Alexandrini Techni 10-11, year III (October-November 1928), p. 305-308.