C.P.Cavafy's poem 'Ithaca', recited by Sir Sean Connery and with music specially composed by Vangelis. Scenes taken from Ron Fricke's film 'Baraka'.ITHACA [1910, 1911]As...
The poem 'Ithaca' from the last scene of the 1996 film 'Cavafy', directed by Iannis Smaragdis.Music by Vangelis.Το ποίημα "Ιθάκη" απο την τελευταία σκηνή της...
27. ENDINGSShivering with apprehension,mind a minefield, foreboding on our faceswe feverishly grab at any half-plausible planto plot our way from an expected imminent explosion.We're...
MAGNESIAHe's sagging;all the fire's gone out of him;he's feeling sick.He'll have to look after himselfand that's a fact.An unhurried, unworried life --that above all else...
Alexandros Hatzis sings the famous poem of Constantine Cavafy "Ithaca".Music: Yiannis PetritsisIthacaAs you set out for IthacaHope that your journey is a long one,Full of...
143. MYRES: ALEXANDRIA 340ADThe golden haired youth with the smiling face was dead;dear Myres gone, forever gone; and I alone.Leaping like fire across our teeming...
A second instalment of my paraphrases of the Cavafy canon with introductory notes.8. SAYING NO (CHE FECE....IL GRAN RIFIUTO)To some of us there comes...
In 'Alexandrian Kings' Cavafy speaks of the cynicism and worldliness of the Alexandrians, their knowingness. It's not the first time we have found this inference...
