Onassis Cavafy Archive

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0020 (1247)

TITLE:

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Translations of poems by Cavafy

DATE(S):

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n.d.

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

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Item

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

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42.8 x 27 cm

FORMER REFERENCE CODE:

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F120_Φ16-36, F121_Φ1-2

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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C. P. Cavafy

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

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Handwritten text by Cavafy, including 21 poems of his translated into English (“An o[ld] man”, “Candles”, “Voices”, etc.) by his brother, John Cavafy, on six double sheet notepapers with notes on all sides; the last page of the last notepaper is blank. The text is abbreviated and is underlined all across. The poems are numbered in pencil (1-21, omitting 11).

CONDITIONS GOVERNING REPRODUCTION:

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:

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English

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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Double sheet notepaper. Black ink and pencil. Watermark: Velo Mill Depose. Physical item wear: oxidations in some sheets; small holes in part of the item.

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).

“Voices” >Α79
“Old Men’s Souls” >Α68
“Candles” >A61
“An Old Man” >Α54
“Prayer” >Α55
“The First Step” >Α62
“Interruption” >Α70
“Thermopylae” >Α19
“Che fece… il gran rifiuto” >Α67
“The Windows” >Α75
“Trojans” >Α87
“Waiting for the Barbarians” >Α84
“Monotony” >Α98
“Betrayal” >Α78
“The Funeral of Sarpedon” >Α58, Α100
“The Horses of Achilles” >Α54
“The Retinue of Dionysus” >Α93
“King Demetrius” >Α90
“That Is He” >Α104
“Sculptor from Tyana” >Α114
“The Steps” >Α106