A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen (Constantine P. Cavafy Poems)
A procession of priests and laymen-each walk of life represented-moves through streets, squares, and gatesof the famous city, Antioch.At the ...
A procession of priests and laymen-each walk of life represented-moves through streets, squares, and gatesof the famous city, Antioch.At the ...
I have almost been reduced to a homeless pauper. This fatal city, Antioch, has consumed all my money; this fatal ...
What a misfortune, although you are made for fine and great works this unjust fate of yours always denies you ...
Every so often he vows to start a better life. But when night comes with her own counsels, with her ...
In the prologue to her Alexiad, Anna Comnena laments her widowhood. Her soul is dizzy. "And with rivers of tears," ...
From all I've done and all I've said let them not seek to find who I've been. An obstacle stood ...
Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius ...
For some people the day comes when they have to declare the great Yes or the great No. It's clear ...
The Poseidonians forgot the Greek language after so many centuries of mingling with Tyrrhenians, Latins, and other foreigners. The only ...
Let them not seek to discover who I was from all that I have done and said. An obstacle was ...
You said: "I'll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I ...
Even if you cannot shape your life as you want it, at least try this as much as you can; ...
Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent ...
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