“Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy”

GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0008 (1932)
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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0008 (1932)
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“Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy”
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1917
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25 x 19 cm

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Leather-bound volume, comprising typewritten English translations of Cavafy’s poems by his brother, John. On the cover, the title “Cavafy Poems” in gold letters inside a gold border. On the “title page”, the title “Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy translated by J. C. Cavafy” and the indication “Alexandria 1917”. It is followed by two pages of contents and the poems in English. The pages are numbered (“i-v” and “1-21”) at bottom centre. Fifteen poems have been translated. All translations are typewritten, without emendations or additions.

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

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English

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Watermarks: Original Ledger Air Dried and Britannia. Physical item wear: oxidations and binding wears.

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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).

“Orophernes” >Α142
“The Battle of Magnesia” >Α142
“Manuel Comnenus” >Α142
“Very Rarely” >Α132
“Painted” >Α141
“Chandelier” >Α137
“Theodotus” >Α138
“The Seleucid’s Displeasure” >Α142
“Far Off” >Α152
“In a City of Osrhoene” >Α152
“In the Entrance of the Café” >Α152
“Tomb of Eurion” >Α135
“In Evening” >Α152
“One Night” >Α141
“Morning Sea” >Α141

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Poem (translation)
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Works by C. P. Cavafy:
"Far Off"
"Very Rarely"
"Tomb of Eurion"
"Theodotus"
"The Seleucid's Displeasure"
"The Battle of Magnesia"
"Painted"
"One Night"
"Chandelier"
"In a City of Osrhoene"
"In Evening"
"Manuel Comnenus"
"Orophernes"
"Morning Sea"
"In the Entrance of the Café"
Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation:
"Chandelier"
"Eurion's grave"
"Evening"
"Far back"
"In a town of Osrhoēne"
"Manuel Comnenus"
"One night"
"Orophernes"
"Pictured"
"Sea of the morning"
"The Battle of Magnesia"
"The vexation of the Seleucides"
"Theodotus"
"Very seldom"
"At the café door"
PERSONS:
Cavafy, C. P.
Cavafy, John Constantine

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Cavafy, John Constantine. “Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy”. Poem (translation), 1917. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0008 (1932), 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-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0008.

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DOI: 10.26256/ca-sf01-s04-f12-sf001-0008
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