Onassis Cavafy Archive

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0005 (1741)

TITLE:

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Letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy

DATE(S):

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18-19/10/1882

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

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Item

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

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21.9 x 22.7 cm

FORMER REFERENCE CODE:

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Φάκελος Περίδη_12

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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Schilizzi, S.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

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Handwritten diary-type letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy on all sides of a bifolio and of one loose sheet. It is a reply to a letter by the poet. The author describes in detail his experience on the island of Tinos (criticising what he observed in the church of the Evangelistria and the domination of the religious element) as well the conditions of his stay on Syros. Description of life in Alexandria after the bombardment; mention of people and events. Reference to the newspaper Omonoia and to Edmond About’s La Grèce contemporaine. Cancellations, emendations and additions; use of Greek and French words and phrase in the flow of written discourse. (Alexandria)

CONDITIONS GOVERNING REPRODUCTION:

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:

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Mainly English

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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Plain paper and writing paper. Black ink. Physical item wear: oxidations; cut off part of the sheet; holes and tears.

SUBJECTS:

PLACES:

PERSONS:

Antoniadis, Ioannis (John)

Papazis, Konstantinos

Pesmazoglou, (?)

Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th.

Schilizzi, Stephen Z.

Seymour, Frederick Beauchamp Paget (1st Baron Alcester, Admiral)

CORPORATE BODIES:

Glimenopoulo & Company

Greek Hospital (Alexandria)

Polytheama Theatre (Alexandria)

FAMILIES:

Trechakis, family

CITATION:

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Schilizzi, Stephen Z.. “Letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy”. Letter, 18-19.10.1882. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0005 (1741), 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-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0005.

DOI: 10.26256/ca-sf02-s01-ss01-f18-sf002-0005

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