“C. P. Cavafy Poems”

GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0002 (2226)
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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0002 (2226)
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“C. P. Cavafy Poems”
DATE(S):
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1912-1914
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30 x 19 cm

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Cavafy’s collection containing 19 poems from the period of 1910-1913. Two paperboards used as front and back cover. Title “C. P. Cavafy Poems. Alexandria 1910-1913” on the front cover, handwritten by the poet. Cavafy’s written dedication to Marika Kotopouli on verso of the front cover in ink. All of the poems are attached with a metal pin on their top left corner. The sheets contain details of the printing house, usually accompanied by the year of printing (1912-1914). Some poems bear Cavafy’s printed signature.

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Greek

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Writing in ink.

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RELATED WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:
Reference to the works of C. P. Cavafy that are directly related to the described digital object, followed by their number of entry in the C. P. Cavafy Bibliography (ed. by D. Daskalopoulos).

“The City” >Α107
“The Satrapy” >Α108
“Ides of March” >Α111
“Finished” >Α112
“Sculptor from Tyana” >Α114
“The God Abandons Anthony” >Α116
“Song of Ionia” >Α46
“Dangerous” >Α123
“The Glory of the Ptolemies” >Α121
“Ithaca” >Α122
“Philhellene” >Α127
“Herodes Atticus” >Α125
“Alexandrian Kings” >Α129
“Come Back” >Α131
“In the Church” >Α227
“Very Rarely” >Α132
“As Much as You Can” >Α133
“In Stock” >Α133
“I Went” >Α133

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SUBJECTS:
Poems (collection)
Poem (printed)
Works by C. P. Cavafy:
"Ithaca"
"Very Rarely"
"The Satrapy"
"The God Abandons Antony"
"The Glory of the Ptolemies"
"The City"
"Song of Ionia"
"Sculptor from Tyana"
"Philhellene"
"Alexandrian Kings"
"In the Church"
"In Stock"
"Ides of March"
"I Went"
"Herodes Atticus"
"Finished"
"Dangerous"
"Come Back"
"As Much As You Can"
PLACES:
PERSONS:
Cavafy, C. P.
Kotopouli, Marika
CORPORATE BODIES:
Kasimatis & Ionas Press
M. K. Fakos Press
Nea Zoi - Kasimatis & Ionas Press

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Collection Γ1.

CITATION:
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Cavafy, C. P.. ““C. P. Cavafy Poems””. Poems (collection), 1912-1914. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0002 (2226), 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-F42-0002.

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