The City (poem)
The City (Greek: Ἡ Πόλις) is an 1894 poem by Constantine Cavafy.
Cultural Impact
An English translation of the poem appears in the appendix of the Lawrence Durrell novel Justine; Cavafy is a character in the work. The narrator of Justine refers to his translation of this poem as "by no means literal".[1]
gollark: Maybe it would be better to deploy "beeoids".
gollark: Maybe I should deploy bees against Macron.
gollark: I will ship 82 octillion "crystal balls" to you in the next 33 femtoseconds.
gollark: Too bad.
gollark: Allegedly.
References
- Durrell, Lawrence (1957). Justine. Faber and Faber. p. 221.
External links
- Poem in Greek and English translation thereof (by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard) at the Official Site of the Cavafy Archive
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