Constantine P. Cavafy: Ionian Song

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Ionian Song

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by Constantine P. Cavafy
(1863 - 1933) Timeline

English version by
George Barbanis

Original Language
Greek

Secular or Eclectic

19th Century

Just because we have broken their statues,
just because we have driven them out of their temples,
the gods did not die because of this at all.
O Ionian land, it is you they still love,
it is you their souls still remember.
When an August morning dawns upon you
a vigor from their life moves through your air;
and at times an ethereal youthful figure,
indistinct, in rapid stride,
crosses over your hills.

Themes

Dawn

Death

Lover and Beloved

Mountain

Recommended Books

	C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems, by Constantine P. Cavafy / Translated by Edmund Keely
	Cavafy: A Biography, by Robert Liddell
	Cavafy's Alexandria, by Edmund Keely
	The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition, by Constantine P. Cavafy / Translated by Rae Dalven

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