Philostrati. Callistratus. Eunapius. Himerius. Philostratorum et Callistrati Opera, Eunapii Vitae Sophistarum, Himerii Sophistae Declamationes. Edit. Antonius Westermann, Jo. Fr. Boissonade, Fr. Dübner. Parisiis, Editore Ambrosio Firmin-Didot, 1878

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  • John C. Cavafy



  • 1. Certain lines from the
    2. “Persae” of Aeschylus may

    3. serve to illustrate, perhaps

    4. to corroborate, this very

    5. curious passage, which would
    6.         represents

    7. make us believe that the
    8. magi’s teaching was agnostic.

    8.             “Θεοὺς δέ τις
    9. “τὸ πρὶν νομίζων οὐδαμοῦ, τότ’ ηὔχετο

    10. “λιταῖσι, γαῖαν οὐρανόν τε προσκυνῶν”.

    11. These words are spoken
    12. by the messenger – a Per-

    13. sian evidently – who re-



  •       1. lates to atossa the
          2. hardships of the Per-

          3. sians’ retreat through

          4. Thessaly, Macedonia and

          5. Thrace. – C.P.C.
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- CAVAFY LIBRARY

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GR-OF CA CL.4.15
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Philostratorum et Callistrati Opera, Eunapii Vitae Sophistarum, Himerii Sophistae Declamationes

AUTHOR:
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Philostrati
Eunapius
Himerius
EDITOR:
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Westermann, Antonius
Boissonade, Jo. Fr.
Dübner, Fr.
PUBLISHER:
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Editore Ambrosio Firmin-Didot

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1878
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Latin


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26 x 17 cm; 3 s.p. + VIII p. + 507 p. + ΧΧVII p. + 115 p. + 3 s.p. + 1 insert, l. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, l. 2 half-title page and John Cavafy’s handwritten signature in ink, seal E libris John C. Cavafy on recto and typographical data on verso, l. 3 title page with illustration on recto, p. [Ι]-VIII “Praefatio” by Antonius Westermann, pencil marks on p. 175, 178, 202, 236, 286. Handwritten note inserted between p. 202-203 by C. P. Cavafy in black ink with notes about a point on p. 202, regarding Aeschylus’ The Persians, where he signs as “C.P.C.”. P. [425]-448 “Index” of the first book, p. [449] half-title page Eunapii Vitae Sophistratum, p. [451]-452 “Boissonadii monitum”. Pencil marks on p. 483, 487, 492, p. 506-507 “Index” of the second book, p. [Ι] half-title page Himerii Sophistae Declamationes, p. [IΙΙ] information about the edition of Himerii Sophistae Declamationes, p. V-ΧΧVII “Praefatio” and p. [107]-115 “Index” of the third book.


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Cavafy, John Constantine
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This is a bilingual edition: Ancient Greek and Latin. Book is divided in two parts. The first part contains 507 p. and the second part 115 p. Pages paginated with Roman numerals between first and second parts, including the introduction and the critical notes of the second part.


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Cavafy, John Constantine
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Eunapius
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Himerius
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Philostratus
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Westermann, Antonius
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Didot (editions)
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Classics / Ancient Greek literature
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Ancient Greek literature