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Valery Rees's avatar

Brilliant. thank you so much for sharing this with us all. Highly relevant in any age, and at any time of crisis large or small!

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Armand D'Angour's avatar

Thank you

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Mao Zhou's avatar

Beautiful, just beautiful!

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Otto Steinmayer's avatar

Love it!

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Armand D'Angour's avatar

🙏

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Gode Gawain's avatar

I adore that poem. I wrote it down in Greek at my birthday about 2 years ago when I received a collection of Cavafy’s poems.

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Mary Bowman Molitierno's avatar

A wonderful perceptive piece. Perfect for these worrisome times.

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William Knight-Hughes's avatar

I enjoyed this immensely, the explanation and the audio file. Thank you.

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Armand D'Angour's avatar

Thanks!

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Cambrinus's avatar

Much better than any version I have heretofore read.

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Armand D'Angour's avatar

Thank you!

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Aaron Martin's avatar

Beautiful reading of the Greek. Help me understand the pronunciation of the gamma: it sounds like a “y” in your reading - did it go hard at some point, e.g., in Koine, or is it an Anglicization to pronounce it that way?

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Armand D'Angour's avatar

It could be better pronounced! As a soft g, or as y before e. Excuse my ineptitude.

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Studying History's avatar

Οh, this is one my favourites from Cavafy. Such a wonderful poem...

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Mi's avatar

Perfect poem for these days

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Anne Wilson's avatar

Thank you, this is great.

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