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697:. Mythological references are also present. The periods chosen are mostly of decline and decadence (e.g. Trojans); his heroes facing the final end. His historical poems include: "The Glory of the Ptolemies", "In Sparta", "Come, O King of Lacedaemonians", "The First Step", "In the Year 200 B.C.", "If Only They Had Seen to It", "The Displeasure of Seleucid", "Theodotus", "
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572:". The poem begins by describing a city-state in decline, whose population and legislators are waiting for the arrival of the barbarians. When night falls, the barbarians have not arrived. The poem ends: "What is to become of us without barbarians? Those people were a solution of a sort." The poem influenced literary works such as
633:. The poem's theme is the destination which produces the journey of life: "Keep Ithaca always in your mind. / Arriving there is what you're destined for". The traveller should set out with hope, and at the end you may find Ithaca has no more riches to give you, but "Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey".
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to the Greek
Embassy in Cairo until 1998. After Cavafy’s death in 1933, the apartment turned into a cheap hostel; it was later recontructed with the help of photographs becoming reminiscent of Cavafy's time. The Cavafy Museum contains a wide range of bibliographical material; it is home to several of
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Cavafy's complete literary corpus includes the 154 poems that constitute his poetic canon; his 75 unpublished or "hidden" poems, that were found completed in his archive or in the hands of friends, and weren't published until 1968; his 37 rejected poems, which he published but later renounced; his 30
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I am from
Constantinople by descent, but I was born in Alexandria—at a house on Seriph Street; I left very young, and spent much of my childhood in England. Subsequently I visited this country as an adult, but for a short period of time. I have also lived in France. During my adolescence I lived over
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In 1922, Cavafy quit his high-ranking position at the department of Public Works, an act that he characterized as liberation, and devoted himself to the completion of his poetic work. In 1926, the Greek state honoured Cavafy for his contribution to Greek letters by awarding him the Silver medal of
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where the 300 Spartans and their allies fought against the greater numbers of
Persians, although they knew that they would be defeated. There are some principles in our lives that we should live by, and Thermopylae is the ground of duty. We stay there fighting although we know that there is the
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In 1885, Cavafy returned to
Alexandria, where he lived for the rest of his life, leaving it only for excursions and travels abroad. After his arrival, he reacquired his Greek citizenship and abandoned the British citizenship, which his father had acquired in the late 1840s. He initially started
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incomplete poems that were found unfinished in his archive; as well as numerous other prose poems, essays, and letters. According to the poet's instructions, his poems are classified into three categories: historical, philosophical, and hedonistic or sensual.
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Cavafy's sketches and original manuscripts, as well as several pictures and portraits of and by Cavafy. It holds translations of Cavafy’s poetry in 20 languages by 40 different scholars and most of the 3,000 articles and works written about his poetry.
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Also called instructive poems, they are divided into poems with consultations to poets, and poems that deal with other situations such as isolation (for example, "The walls"), duty (for example, "Thermopylae"), and human dignity (for example,
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He is known for his prosaic use of metaphors, his brilliant use of historical imagery, and his aesthetic perfectionism. These attributes, amongst others, have assured him an enduring place in the literary pantheon of the
Western World.
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and with their business now dissolved they moved back to
Alexandria in 1877. Cavafy attended the Greek college "Hermes", where he made his first close friends, and started drafting his own historical dictionary at age eighteen.
729:, inspired by recollection and remembrance. The past and former actions, sometimes along with the vision for the future underlie the muse of Cavafy in writing these poems. As poet George Kalogeris observes:
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working as a news correspondent at the journal "Telegraphos" (1886), he later worked at the stock exchange, and was eventually hired as a temporary, due to his foreign citizenship, clerk in the
British-run
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In another poem, "In the Year 200 B.C.", he comments on the historical epigram "Alexander, son of Philip, and the Greeks, except of
Lacedaemonians,...", from the donation of Alexander to Athens after the
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Almost all of Cavafy's work was in Greek; yet, his poetry remained unrecognized and underestimated in Greece, until after the publication of the first anthology in 1935 by
Heracles Apostolidis (father of
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two years in
Constantinople. It has been many years since I last visited Greece. My last employment was as a clerk at a government office under the Ministry of Public Works of Egypt. I know
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until 1926). During these decades, a series of unexpected deaths of close friends and relatives would leave their mark on the poet. He published his poetry from 1891 to 1904 in the form of
2157:(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005). Provides a portrait of the city during the first half of the 20th century and a biographical account of Cavafy and his influence on
808:: regretting the greed for riches which led him to sail so far away and end up "among utter barbarians", expressing his deep longing for his homeland and his wish to die as "In
2192:(London: Duckworth, 1974). A widely acclaimed biography of Cavafy. This biography has also been translated in Greek (Ikaros, 1980) and Spanish (Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 2004).
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Selections of Cavafy's poems appeared only in pamphlets, privately printed booklets and broadsheets during his lifetime. The first publication in book form was "Ποιήματα" (
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that remained incomplete or in sketch form weren't published until much later. He consistently refused to publish his work in books, preferring to share it through local
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The dictionary was compiled with the help of books that Cavafy borrowed from public libraries; it eventually remained incomplete, stopping at the word "Alexandros".
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Illness", "If Dead Indeed", "In the Month of Athyr", "Tomb of Ignatius", "From Ammones Who Died Aged 29 in 610", "Aemilianus Monae", "Alexandrian, A.D. 628-655", "
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that have played roles in Greek culture. Some of the defining themes are uncertainty about the future, sensual pleasures, the moral character and
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and idea, so condemning the closed-mind and localistic ideas about Hellenism. However, in other poems, his stance displays ambiguity between the
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A comprehensive website, including a biography, a gallery, bibliography, news and extensive selections of poetry in English and Greek
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nationality. Two years after his father's sudden death in 1870, Cavafy and his family settled for a while in England, moving between
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2199:(Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010). First book to approach Cavafy's work from a postcolonial perspective.
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on 29 April 1933, his 70th birthday. Since his death, Cavafy's reputation has grown; his poetry is taught in school in
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both at home and abroad. His poems are, typically, concise but intimate evocations of real or literary figures and
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were among the earliest promoters of Cavafy in the English-speaking world before the Second World War. In 1966,
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in honour of the poet. The museum was established in 1992 at the initiative of scholar Kostis Moskof,
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2182:(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995). An extensive analysis of Cavafy's works.
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ideal and the Hellenistic era (which is sometimes described with a tone of decadence).
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1592:[C. P. Cavafy - His life and Work] (in Greek). 11 August 2017. Archived from
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1208:"C.P. Cavafy, Selected Poems", translated by David Connolly, Aiora Press, Athens 2013
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made a series of prints to illustrate a selection of Cavafy's poems, including
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Cavafy's work has been translated numerous times in many languages. His friend
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Before Time Could Change Them: The Complete Poems of Constantine P. Cavafy
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knew him personally and wrote a memoir of him, contained in his book
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Cavafy's sensual poems are filled with the lyricism and emotion of
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Hellenism and the Postcolonial Imagination: Yeats, Cavafy, Walcott
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The Greek Poems of C.P. Cavafy as Translated by Memas Kolaitis
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Clearing the Ground: C.P. Cavafy, Poetry and Prose, 1902-1911
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will appear, leading the Persians through the secret trail).
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A Historical Guide to Cavafy's Alexandria (331 BCE - 641 CE)
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Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
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1723:[C. P. Cavafy - Poems]. 5 May 2009. Archived from
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Greek director Stelios Haralambopoulos's 2006 documentary
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C. P. Cavafy - The official website of the Cavafy Archive
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A biographical note written by Cavafy reads as follows:
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Barbarism Revisited: New Perspectives on an Old Concept
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One of Cavafy's most important works is his 1904 poem "
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Daskalopoulos, Dimitris; Stasinopoulou, Maria (2002).
1558:"Mixing History and Desire: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy"
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The Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy: A New Translation
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Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City 1860–1960
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Egypt, by Dan Richardson, Rough Guides, 2003, p. 594.
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Translations of Cavafy's poems are also included in:
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2262:Artificial Flowers: Selected Poems by K.P. Kavafis
1978:"The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy"
1117:, translated by J.C. Cavafy (Athens: Ikaros, 2003)
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1518:"Cavafy Museum | Hellenic Foundation for Culture"
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1248:(Santa Barbara, CA: Kolaitis Dictionaries, 1980)
908:The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy
873:featured one of Cavafy's poems in his 1970 film
768:The poem "Thermopylae" reminds us of the famous
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1863:"Thermopylae – a poem on the good kind of life"
1670:A History of Gay Literature, the Male Tradition
1173:, translated by Alan L Boegehold (Axios Press,
842:Cavafy's apartment in Alexandria is located on
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1398:. Theoharis Constantine. 2001. pp. 13–15.
1298:(Evanston, Illinois: Triquarterly Books, 2006)
1129:, translated by Stratis Haviaras, foreword by
2211:Imagination and Logos: Essays on C. P. Cavafy
2206:, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
1288:(Loughcrew, Ireland: The Gallery Press, 2006)
1049:(New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961)
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1268:(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012)
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1073:Passions and Ancient Days - 21 New Poems
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2312:Works by or about Constantine P. Cavafy
2290:"Of the Jews (A.D. 50)" by C. P. Cavafy
2204:C. P. Cavafy: The Economics of Metonymy
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1590:"Κ. Π. Καβάφης - Η Ζωή και το Εργο του"
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1837:"The Sensuous Archaism of C.P. Cavafy"
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1644:Daskalopoulos & Stasinopoulou 2002
1460:"Constantine P. Cavafy - Greek writer"
1318:(Manchester, UK: Carcanet Press, 2010)
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1231:(London, UK: Faber & Faber, 1957)
1163:, translated with an introduction by
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1556:Margaronis, Maria (15 July 2009).
1121:I've Gazed So Much by C. P. Cavafy
1091:, translated by Edmund Keeley and
812:I would be surrounded by Greeks".
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2269:Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933)
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2091:The Life and Work of C. P. Cavafy
1998:Pamuk, Orhan (19 December 2013).
1885:"C.P. Cavafy - Poems - The Canon"
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1332:Selected Prose Works, C.P. Cavafy
1258:(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002)
1133:(Athens: Hermes Publishing, 2004)
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1747:"More Cavafy by A. E. Stallings"
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2396:British people of Greek descent
2386:20th-century Greek male writers
2381:20th-century Greek LGBTQ people
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2321:Works by Constantine P. Cavafy
2275:"As Good as Great Poetry Gets"
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1099:Selected Poems of C. P. Cavafy
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2255:Cavafy: surviving immortality
1396:Before Time Could Change Them
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1185:C. P. Cavafy, Collected Poems
1157:(New York: W.W. Norton, 2007)
1089:C. P. Cavafy, Collected Poems
1075:, Selected and translated by
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800:who was sold into slavery in
401:Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
2401:Deaths from laryngeal cancer
2284:The New York Review of Books
2190:Cavafy: A Critical Biography
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1161:C. P. Cavafy, Selected Poems
1059:Complete Poems by C P Cavafy
1039:The Complete Poems of Cavafy
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2376:20th-century Egyptian poets
2361:19th-century Egyptian poets
2327:(public domain audiobooks)
2056:"Commencement Address 1995"
1083:Poems by Constantine Cavafy
991:transformed Cavafy's poem "
707:Myres: Alexandrian A.D. 340
277:Cavafy was born in 1863 in
172:Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης
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1976:Haralambopoulos, Stelios.
1777:. BRILL. 27 October 2015.
1721:"Κ. Π. Καβάφης - Ποιήματα"
1504:Retrieved 7 December 2006.
1111:(New York: Harcourt, 2001)
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2371:19th-century male writers
2209:Panagiotis Roilos (ed.),
1672:. Yale University Press.
1617:Ο Καβάφης και η εποχή του
1615:Tsirkas, Stratis (1983).
1488:"C.P. Cavafy - Biography"
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1668:Woods, Gregory (1999).
1539:Forster, E. M. (1923).
1127:C. P. Cavafy, The Canon
993:The God Abandons Antony
763:The God Abandons Antony
752:Manuscript of his poem
703:The God Forsakes Antony
673:Manuscript of Cavafy's
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1542:Pharos and Pharillon
1246:Cavafy as I knew him
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442:cancer of the larynx
397:Gregorios Xenopoulos
235:. A major figure of
142:Order of the Phoenix
140:Silver medal of the
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2416:Egyptian male poets
2302:In the Dull Village
2202:Panagiotis Roilos,
2180:Cavafy's Alexandria
2025:"Alexandra Leaving"
1494:on 13 February 2014
1235:Modern Greek Poetry
1137:The Collected Poems
744:Philosophical poems
531:, and a fatalistic
477:In the dull village
2441:Modern Greek poets
2149:Constantine Cavafy
2004:The New York Times
1841:The Critical Flame
1658:, pp. 19, 26.
1621:Cavafy and his era
1520:. 10 November 2014
1045:, introduction by
1010:Cornell University
1006:Frank H. T. Rhodes
959:The New York Times
937:The American poet
927:Alexandria Quartet
899:and with music by
897:Dimitris Katalifos
859:In popular culture
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2426:Greek journalists
2279:Daniel Mendelsohn
2195:Martin McKinsey,
2114:The Hudson Review
1952:"Alexandros Film"
1821:978-977-452-243-7
1784:978-90-04-30927-2
1753:. 27 January 2018
1751:Poetry Foundation
1693:Talalay, Lauren.
1679:978-0-300-08088-9
1646:, pp. 17–22.
1630:978-960-04-0875-1
1596:on 11 August 2017
1414:Poetry Foundation
1171:Cavafy: 166 Poems
1063:Daniel Mendelsohn
876:There Is an Ocean
699:Alexandrian Kings
639:Renos Apostolidis
575:The Tartar Steppe
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