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  • 1. Στὸ μεγάλο μας ποιητὴ Κ. Π. Καβάφη,          2. μὲ θαυμασμὸ κι ἀγάπη.
     3.                          Ἄργα Πηλεία. 4. Ἀλεξ. 26. IV.1919.
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DIGITAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION
- CAVAFY LIBRARY

REFERENCE CODE:
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GR-OF CA CL.3.244
TITLE:
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Diavainontas…

AUTHOR:
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Pileia, Arga

PUBLICATION YEAR:
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1919
PUBLICATION PLACE:
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FORMAT:
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LANGUAGE:
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Greek


DESCRIPTION:
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18 x 12.5 cm; 175 p. + 1 s.p., p. [1] title page with author’s written dedication to C. P. Cavafy in black ink and bookplate CPC, p. 3-4 author’s introductory note, pencil marks on p. 45, 90 and p. 173-175 “Table of contents”. Typographical data on back cover.


BOOKPLATE/ΕX LIBRIS:
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CPC

MOTTO:
Records the title and author of the book’s motto, if found.
"The city" [Cavafy, C. P.]
"Ides of March" [Cavafy, C. P.]
READING TRACES:
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With reading traces

NOTE:
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C. P. Cavafy’s verses from poems “The City” and “Ides of March” are used as motto in the author’s texts “Mateotita” [Vanity] and “Filodoxia” [Aspiration] between p. 105 and 161.
Improvised bookmark between p. 44-45.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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The written dedication was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 38 (© Michaila-Karampini Iatrou, 2003). This is a new transcription by the literary documentation working group of the Cavafy library (© Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, 2024).


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PERSONS:
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Voltou, Maria (Marika)
CORPORATE BODIES:
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Kasimatis & Ionas Press
SUBJECT:
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Greek literature
RELATED TOPICS:
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Poetry
WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:
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"Ides of March"
"The City"

C.P. CAVAFY LIBRARY:

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