Historia Arcana – A hidden history - C. P. Cavafy

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Historia Arcana – A hidden history - C. P. CavafySome years ago, whilst exploring the city of Peshawar in the Himalaya, Professor Geroulanos found three coins portraying ancient Greek Kings, whom Cavafy had addressed in his poem Coins. He realized that the poet must have seen many of his poetic heroes depicted on coins and so he decided to research them. The result is this book, which features 140 persons and gods portrayed on ancient coins. A short historical text accompanies each poem. For the

The commentary provides morphological and syntactic help for inexperienced students and more advanced observations on vocabulary

Epistolary fictions

and Telemachus

δύο έρωτες και λίγος ρατσισμός

σε κάποια γωνιά του πλανήτη χωρίς ακριβείς γεωγραφικές συντεταγμένες

the leading playwright of the New Comedy

Against this background the Fifth puts the positive

Readers have long savored them for their rich poetic language and imagery

An ancient compendium of ancient philosophy

although there are many more letters allegedly written by Alexander

The play was

στην Πόλη