Anyte of Tegea. Moero of Byzantium. The Epigrams of Anyte of Tegea and Moero of Byzantium with an English Translation. Transl. Robert Allason Furness. <Cambridge>, Privately printed, 1921

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  •             1.                       The Residency             2. Dec 29 30                Cairo



                3. My dear Cavafy,

                4.               I send you this
                5. tomelet, which has just arrived from
                6. the printers, and with it my best
                7. wishes for next and many another year,
                8. and also, if this be- as I think
                9. it was to be -the occasion of your
                10. changing your morning occupation,
                11. my envious congratulations upon your
                12. deliverance.

                13.                      Yours ever             14.                        R. A. Furness
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The Epigrams of Anyte of Tegea and Moero of Byzantium with an English Translation

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18 x 11 cm; 55 p. + 3 s.p. + 1 insert, p. [Ι] half-title page, p. [ΙΙΙ] title page, p. [IV] printed note about number of copies, p. [V] printed note about the origin of the original text and biographical information about Anyte and Moero and p. [56] colophon. Handwritten letter with a watermark by R. A. Furness to C. P. Cavafy in black ink inserted between p. [59] and back cover.


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This is a private publication. Partially cut. Bilingual edition with the text in Ancient Greek and English.

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The inserted written letter was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini-Iatrou. See M. Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 50 (© 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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