C.P. Cavafy
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RT @ArmandDAngour: Cavafy, Satrapy. New translation in iambic pentameters. What a misfortune, seeing as you’re made.for actions that are f….
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“But your soul seeks, weeps for other things.”. –C.P. Cavafy, “The Satrapy”, translated by @DAMendelsohnNYC . #poetry #cavafy
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RT @cavafybot: Since nine o’clock when I lit the lamp.the shade of my young body.has come to haunt me.
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RT @CatImperator: A silver plate (missorium) showing a high ranking Christian Roman official, flanked by personifications of two major east….
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RT @carolemadge: For #InternationalDogDay 🐶 this incredible mosaic floor from Alexandria with the depiction of a dog seated next to a gilde….
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RT @newrepublic: Constantine Cavafy, Poetry’s Inadvertent Influencer
newrepublic.com
By restricting circulation of his work and cultivating an intimate yet prominent group of friends who championed it, the “poet of Alexandria” helped ensure his stature would only grow after his death.
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RT @alainf55: "Cavafis invente de brefs médaillons, où frappe, fût-ce en traduction, la netteté du trait dans la c….
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L’audace de la poésie de Cavafis ne tient pas toute dans la vision, aussi nette que délicate, des désirs et des corps ; elle parvient au plus profond scandale de toute grande poésie, et au décentre...
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RT @spectator: C.P. Cavafy avoided publication in his lifetime, despite being a ruthless self-promoter with a very high opinion of his own….
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C.P. Cavafy, who had a very high opinion of his own work, would no doubt be gratified to learn that he is now one of the most admired poets of the 20th century. This is all the more remarkable...
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RT @simonmontefiore: Ruins of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Alexandria waters.
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Archaeologists recovered treasures including statues with missing heads and a huge quartz sphinx — which they believe date back to the ancient city of Canopus
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RT @cavafybot: Walking yesterday in an outlying neighborhood,.I went by the house.I used to go to when I was very young.
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RT @peter_sarris: Arrived in The City from Thessaloniki en route for Trebizond. Visited the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus and made it to th….
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RT @aniketos0: I made another Pharos acquisition: a Helios profile tetradrachm issued in the name of Galerius Caesar in Alexandria in 295-2….
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RT @RomeInTheEast: The beauty of Chora, where mosaics meet marble to create a very immersive experience - a view into the past and the medi….
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