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C.P. Cavafy

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“As you set out on the way to Ithaca hope that the road is a long one, filled with adventures, filled with discoveries.” – Manuscript of Cavafy’s poem “Ithaca”, 1911. Cavafy Archive. #poetry #cavafy #Greece

CCavafy's tweet image. “As you set out on the way to Ithaca
hope that the road is a long one,
filled with adventures, filled with discoveries.”

– Manuscript of Cavafy’s poem “Ithaca”, 1911. Cavafy Archive.

#poetry #cavafy #Greece
CCavafy's tweet image. “As you set out on the way to Ithaca
hope that the road is a long one,
filled with adventures, filled with discoveries.”

– Manuscript of Cavafy’s poem “Ithaca”, 1911. Cavafy Archive.

#poetry #cavafy #Greece

A guide to the London Zoo (1898) in English with detailed information about the gardens and facilities of the Zoo. From Cavafy’s library. Cavafy Archive.

CCavafy's tweet image. A guide to the London Zoo (1898) in English with detailed information about the gardens and facilities of the Zoo. From Cavafy’s library. Cavafy Archive.
CCavafy's tweet image. A guide to the London Zoo (1898) in English with detailed information about the gardens and facilities of the Zoo. From Cavafy’s library. Cavafy Archive.

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Through fantasy, through hallucination, he tries to find his lips in the lips of other young men.


C.P. Cavafy أعاد

A reconstruction and a map of Constantinople! One can see the placements of the forums and some of the major landmarks of the Queen of Cities

RomeInTheEast's tweet image. A reconstruction and a map of Constantinople! One can see the placements of the forums and some of the major landmarks of the Queen of Cities

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

La duermevela del otoño y el invierno invita a leer a numerosos poetas; uno de ellos es Constantino Cavafis, cuya sensibilidad mediterránea se entrelaza con la herencia poética de la Antigüedad. Una poesía luminosa, como el sol que ilumina Chipre o las blancas casas de Miconos.

LucianoWrial's tweet image. La duermevela del otoño y el invierno invita a leer a numerosos poetas; uno de ellos es Constantino Cavafis, cuya sensibilidad mediterránea se entrelaza con la herencia poética de la Antigüedad. Una poesía luminosa, como el sol que ilumina Chipre o las blancas casas de Miconos.

“Pharos and Pharillon” (1923) by E. M. Forster featuring a handwritten dedication by the author to Cavafy. This edition includes the chapter “The Poetry of C. P. Cavafy”, which contains translations of Cavafy’s poems in English. Cavafy Archive.

CCavafy's tweet image. “Pharos and Pharillon” (1923) by E. M. Forster featuring a handwritten dedication by the author to Cavafy. This edition includes the chapter “The Poetry of C. P. Cavafy”, which contains translations of Cavafy’s poems in English. Cavafy Archive.

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.


“And now what’s to become of us without barbarians.” – C.P. Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC

CCavafy's tweet image. “And now what’s to become of us without barbarians.”

– C.P. Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Here, as a lucky charm, is a line written on the very desk where Kavafis wrote 'The Barbarians' and 'The City'. — Lawrence Durrell, writing to Henry Miller (Alexandria, October 1977) photograph: Dimitri Papadimos

DurrellSociety's tweet image. Here, as a lucky charm, is a line written on the very desk where Kavafis wrote 'The Barbarians' and 'The City'.

— Lawrence Durrell, writing to Henry Miller (Alexandria, October 1977)

photograph: Dimitri Papadimos

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Alone like that for so many hours, he’d also begun to have disturbing thoughts about the immoral life he was living.


C.P. Cavafy أعاد

لصحتك النفسية انسى مامر بك من ألم ، وكن على يقين أنك مادمت على قيد الحياة ستمر من أوقات فرح وحزن وهذه هي الحياة

Alexandria_egy1's tweet image. لصحتك النفسية
انسى مامر بك من ألم ، وكن على يقين أنك مادمت على قيد الحياة ستمر من أوقات فرح وحزن وهذه هي الحياة

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Statue of Hermes,carved from Pentelic marble. Roman-period copy (1st or 2nd cent. AD) after a lost bronze original by Polykleitos the Elder (5th cent. BC). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ghostofhellas's tweet image. Statue of Hermes,carved from Pentelic marble.  Roman-period copy (1st or 2nd cent. AD) after a lost bronze original by Polykleitos the Elder (5th cent. BC).  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The famous detective short stories collection, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1905) by A. Conan Doyle, features Cavafy’s ownership note on the cover. The poet was an avid admirer of detective fiction. His library contains a wealth of detective titles. Cavafy Archive.

CCavafy's tweet image. The famous detective short stories collection, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1905) by A. Conan Doyle, features Cavafy’s ownership note on the cover. The poet was an avid admirer of detective fiction. His library contains a wealth of detective titles. Cavafy Archive.
CCavafy's tweet image. The famous detective short stories collection, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1905) by A. Conan Doyle, features Cavafy’s ownership note on the cover. The poet was an avid admirer of detective fiction. His library contains a wealth of detective titles. Cavafy Archive.

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Mithridatis sent one of his officers to ask the soothsayer how much more wealth, how much more power, he’d accumulate in the future.


C.P. Cavafy أعاد

شتاء الإسكندرية الآن 💙🩵☔️

Alexandria_egy1's tweet image. شتاء الإسكندرية الآن 💙🩵☔️
Alexandria_egy1's tweet image. شتاء الإسكندرية الآن 💙🩵☔️
Alexandria_egy1's tweet image. شتاء الإسكندرية الآن 💙🩵☔️
Alexandria_egy1's tweet image. شتاء الإسكندرية الآن 💙🩵☔️

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

A brilliant 3D model of the Great Church of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia, by Desiree Garcia Espinosa

RomeInTheEast's tweet image. A brilliant 3D model of the Great Church of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia, by Desiree Garcia Espinosa

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

Those interested in #Cavafy’s take on #Gibbon are well advised to read Diana Haas’s masterful article on these notes : moderngreekliterature.org/texts/787?from…

The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.

CCavafy's tweet image. The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.
CCavafy's tweet image. The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.


The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.

CCavafy's tweet image. The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.
CCavafy's tweet image. The first volume of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1820) by Edward Gibbon. Cavafy owned all twelve volumes, in which handwritten notes and inserted commentaries and observations by the poet on the historical content can be found. Cavafy Archive.

C.P. Cavafy أعاد

The dynasties born from the Macedonian Conquest cannot be kept going any longer.


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