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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

The famous poetry collection “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”, translated into Greek by Pavlos Gneftos (Alexandria, 1918), featuring a handwritten dedication from the translator to Cavafy. From the poet’s library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

CCavafy's tweet image. The famous poetry collection “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”, translated into Greek by Pavlos Gneftos (Alexandria, 1918), featuring a handwritten dedication from the translator to Cavafy. From the poet’s library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.
CCavafy's tweet image. The famous poetry collection “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”, translated into Greek by Pavlos Gneftos (Alexandria, 1918), featuring a handwritten dedication from the translator to Cavafy. From the poet’s library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

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“The magnificent painting across the front of the chest apparently depicts the last days of the Byzantine world: Constantinople on the left hand side & Trebizond on the right” “The Trebizond Cassone, a painted wedding chest now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New…

RomeInTheEast's tweet image. “The magnificent painting across the front of the chest apparently depicts the last days of the Byzantine world: Constantinople on the left hand side & Trebizond on the right”

“The Trebizond Cassone, a painted wedding chest now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New…

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Alexandrian Sphinx' refuses any version of ‘kavafolatreia’, or Cavafy worship. Instead this biography offers an indispensable portrait of the poet’s allure, his daily life and the complicated reception of his work in Greece and the Anglosphere. satpa.pe/YOXl3Pw


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If he saw and coveted a beautiful blue shirt in some store window, he’d sell his body for a dollar or two.


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Top and bottom: Old photos of the Boukoleon palace of Constantinople when it was still by the sea and more intact than it is today! Middle: A reconstruction by Antoine Herbert in the middle. This was once a grand residence of Roman Emperors in the Queen of Cities.

RomeInTheEast's tweet image. Top and bottom: Old photos of the Boukoleon palace of Constantinople when it was still by the sea and more intact than it is today!

Middle: A reconstruction by Antoine Herbert in the middle.

This was once a grand residence of Roman Emperors in the Queen of Cities.

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That evening when we dined at the Trianon, Eve became quietly reflective for a while and then smiled, saying: ‘I was thinking of all the lovers I have had. All so very different. I have thought of writing a book about them, but there is no time’. Michael Haag recalls Eve Durrell

DurrellSociety's tweet image. That evening when we dined at the Trianon, Eve became quietly reflective for a while and then smiled, saying: ‘I was thinking of all the lovers I have had. All so very different. I have thought of writing a book about them, but there is no time’.

Michael Haag recalls Eve Durrell
DurrellSociety's tweet image. That evening when we dined at the Trianon, Eve became quietly reflective for a while and then smiled, saying: ‘I was thinking of all the lovers I have had. All so very different. I have thought of writing a book about them, but there is no time’.

Michael Haag recalls Eve Durrell

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Those long walks we took together, beside the sad velvet broth of the canal. . . . — Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet Alexandria

DurrellSociety's tweet image. Those long walks we took together, beside the sad velvet broth of the canal. . . .

— Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet

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The Bible in English translation (1877). On the back of the cover, a paper crest of the Cavafy family, “For Christ and Caesar”, is attached, along with the signature of Alexandros P. Cavafy, the poet’s brother. From Cavafy’s personal library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

CCavafy's tweet image. The Bible in English translation (1877). On the back of the cover, a paper crest of the Cavafy family, “For Christ and Caesar”, is attached, along with the signature of Alexandros P. Cavafy, the poet’s brother. From Cavafy’s personal library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.
CCavafy's tweet image. The Bible in English translation (1877). On the back of the cover, a paper crest of the Cavafy family, “For Christ and Caesar”, is attached, along with the signature of Alexandros P. Cavafy, the poet’s brother. From Cavafy’s personal library. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

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Cavafis.

poemasladc's tweet image. Cavafis.

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Roman coins depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria

nonregemesse's tweet image. Roman coins depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria

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buenísimo esto sobre Cavafis... L’ambre de la mémoire : Constantin Cavafis. De Olivier Barbarant revuecommune.fr/2023/06/05/lam…


The Trianon Café was a favourite haunt of Cavafy’s — the floors above housed the offices of the Third Circle of Irrigation, where he worked as a clerk.

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If you ever wondered what Cleopatra really looked like, this is the best answer together with Mark Antony on one of her best preserved coins in her late 30s & looking very Greek: up for auction by Numismatica Genevensis on 24th November with a start of 100,000 CHF.

aniketos0's tweet image. If you ever wondered what Cleopatra really looked like, this is the best answer together with Mark Antony on one of her best preserved coins in her late 30s & looking very Greek: up for auction by Numismatica Genevensis on 24th November with a start of 100,000 CHF.

Photographic portrait of Cavafy sporting glasses, a three-piece suit, and a necktie. The photograph was taken by the Fettel & Bernard studio in Alexandria and is dated around 1910-1911. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

CCavafy's tweet image. Photographic portrait of Cavafy sporting glasses, a three-piece suit, and a necktie. The photograph was taken by the Fettel & Bernard studio in Alexandria and is dated around 1910-1911. Cavafy Archive, Athens.

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What’s the point of senators making laws now? Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.


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Bird’s-Eye View of Constantinople (1572) – A famous panoramic engraving of Constantinople (Istanbul) from Civitates Orbis Terrarum

vintagemapstore's tweet image. Bird’s-Eye View of Constantinople (1572) – A famous panoramic engraving of Constantinople (Istanbul) from Civitates Orbis Terrarum

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What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? These are the theories. | National Geographic nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…


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Green Man foliate head (mosaic fragment). Culture: Byzantine (Eastern Roman). Place of origin: Great Palace of Justinian, Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Date: c. 6th century AD. Medium: stone and glass tesserae.

archaeologyart's tweet image. Green Man foliate head (mosaic fragment). Culture: Byzantine (Eastern Roman). Place of origin: Great Palace of Justinian, Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Date: c. 6th century AD. Medium: stone and glass tesserae.

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"Vue de Pera, Galata et... Constantinople" Dessonville (1721) Bibliothèque nationale de France

ByzantineLegacy's tweet image. "Vue de Pera, Galata et... Constantinople" Dessonville (1721)
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