C.P. Cavafy. Complete Poems. [Including the first English translation of the ‘Unfinished Poems’]. Translated, with introduction and commentary, by Daniel Mendelsohn. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. lxxiii, 670 p.

ISBN 0375700897 pbk; 9780375700897 pbk; 9780307959515 (ebook); 0307959511 (ebook)

   Contains: Introduction: The Poet-Historian (pp. xvii-lxxii); A Note on Pronunciation of Proper Names (p. lxxiii)

 I. PUBLISHED POEMS (pp. 5-198):

   Poems 1905-1915: “The City” (p. 5); “The Satrapy” (p. 6); “But Wise Men Apprehend What Is Imminent” (p. 7); “Ides of March” (p. 8); “Finished” (p. 9); “The God Abandons Antony” (p. 10); “Theodotus” (p. 11); “Monotony” (p. 12); “Ithaca” (pp. 13-14); “As Much As You Can” (p. 15); “Trojans” (p. 16); “King Demetrius” (p. 17); “The Glory of the Ptolemies” (p. 18); “The Retinue of Dionysus” (p. 19); “The Battle of Magnesia” (p. 20); “The Seleucid's Displeasure” (pp. 21-22); “Orophernes” (pp. 23-25); “Alexandrian Kings” (pp. 26-27); “Philhellene” (p. 28); “The Steps” (p. 29); “Herodes Atticus” (pp. 30-31); “Sculptor from Tyana” (pp. 32-33); “The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian” (p. 34); “Tomb of Eurion” (p. 35); “That Is He” (p. 36); “Dangerous” (p. 37); “Manuel Comnenus” (p. 38); “In the Church” (p. 39); “Very Rarely” (p. 40)”; “In Stock” (p. 41); “Painted” (p. 42); “Morning Sea” (p. 43); “Song of Ionia” (p. 44); “In the Entrance of the Café” (p. 45); “One Night” (p. 46); “Come Back” (p. 47); “Far Off” (p. 48); “He Swears” (p. 49); “I Went” (p. 50); “Chandelier” (p. 51).

  Poems 1916-1918: “Since Nine--” (p. 55); “Comprehension” (p. 56); “In the Presence of the Statue of Endymion” (p. 57); “Envoys from Alexandria” (p. 58); “Aristobulus” (pp. 59-60); “Caesarion” (pp. 61-62); “Nero's Deadline” (p. 63); “Safe Haven” (p. 64); “One of Their Gods” (p. 65); “Tomb of Lanes” (p. 66); “Tomb of lases” (p. 67); “In a City of Osrhoene” (p. 68); “Tomb of Ignatius” (p. 69); “In the Month of Hathor” (p. 70); “For Ammon, Who Died at 29 Years of Age, in 610” (p. 71); “Aemilian Son of Monaës, an Alexandrian, 628-655 A.D.” (p. 72); “Whenever They Are Aroused” (p. 73); “To Pleasure” (p. 74); “I've Gazed So Much--” (p. 75); “In the Street” (p. 76); “The Window of the Tobacco Shop” (p. 77); “Passage” (p. 78); “In Evening” (p. 79); “Gray” (p. 80); “Below the House” (p. 81); “The Next Table” (p. 82); “Remember, Body” (p. 83); “Days of 1903” (p. 84).

   Poems 1919-1933: “The Afternoon Sun” (p. 87); “To Stay” (p. 88); “Of the Jews (50 A.D.)” (p. 89); “Imenus” (p. 90); “Aboard the Ship” (p. 91); “Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)” (pp. 92-93); “If Indeed He Died” (pp. 94-95); “Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)” (pp. 96-97); “That They Come—” (p. 98); “Darius” (pp. 99-100); “Anna Comnena” (p. 101); “Byzantine Noble, in Exile, Versifying” (p. 102); “Their Beginning” (p. 103); “Favour of Alexander Balas” (p. 104); “Melancholy of Jason, Son of Cleander: Poet in Commagene: 595 A.D” (p. 105); “Demaratus” (pp. 106-107); “I Brought to Art” (p. 108); “From the School of the Renowned Philosopher” (pp. 109-110); “Maker of Wine Bowls” (p. 111); “Those Who Fought on Behalf of the Achaean League” (p. 112); “For Antiochus Epiphanes” (p. 113); “In an Old Book” (p. 114); “In Despair” (p. 115); “Julian, Seeing Indifference” (p. 116); “Epitaph of Antiochus, King of Commagene” (p. 117); “Theater of Sidon (400 A.D.)” (p. 118); “Julian in Nicomedia” (p. 119); “Before Time Could Alter Them” (p. 120); “He Came to Read—” (p. 121); “The Year 31 B.C. in Alexandria” (p. 122); “John Cantacuzenus Triumphs” (pp. 123-124); “Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D.” (p. 125); “Of Colored Glass” (p. 126); “The 25th Year of His Life” (p. 127); “On the Italian Seashore” (p. 128); “In the Boring Village” (p. 129); “Apollonius of Tyana in Rhodes” (p. 130); “Cleitus's Illness” (p. 131); “In a Municipality of Asia Minor” (p. 132); “Priest of the Serapeum” (p. 133); “In the Taverns” (p. 134); “A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen” (p. 135); “Sophist Departing from Syria” (p. 136); “Julian and the Antiochenes” (p. 137); “Anna Dalassene” (p. 138); “Days of 1896” (p. 139); “Two Young Men, 23 to 24 Years Old” (pp. 140-141); “Greek Since Ancient Times” (p. 142); “Days of 1901” (p. 143); “You Didn't Understand” (p. 144); “A Young Man, Skilled in the Art of the Word—in His 24th Year” (p. 145); “In Sparta” (p. 146); “Portrait of a Young Man of Twenty-Three Done by His Friend of the Same Age, an Amateur” (p. 147); “In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C.” (pp. 148-149); “Potentate from Western Libya” (pp. 150-151); “Cimon Son of Learchus, 22 Years Old, Teacher of Greek Letters (in Cyrene)” (pp. 152-153); “On the March to Sinope” (pp. 154-155); “Days of 1909, ‘10, and ‘11” (p. 156); “Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D.” (pp. 157-159); “Alexander Jannaeus, and Alexandra” (p. 160); “Beautiful, White Flowers As They Went So Well” (pp. 161-162); “Come Now, King of the Lacedaemonians” (p. 163); “In the Same Space” (p. 164); “The Mirror in the Entrance” (p. 165); “He Asked About the Quality—” (pp. 166-167); “Should Have Taken the Trouble” (pp. 168-169); “According to the Formulas of Ancient Greco-Syrian Magicians” (p. 170); “In 200 B.C.” (pp. 171-172); “Days of 1908” (pp. 173-174); “On the Outskirts of Antioch” (p. 175).

Poems Published 1897-1908: “Contents of the Sengopoulos Notebook” (p. 179); “Voices” (p. 180); “Longings” (p. 181); “Candles” (p. 182); “An Old Man” (p. 183); “Prayer” (p. 184); “Old Men's Souls” (p. 185); “The First Step” (p. 186); “Interruption” (p. 187); “Thermopylae” (p. 188); “Che Fece . . . Il Gran Rifiuto” (p. 189); “The Windows” (p. 190); “Walls” (p. 191); “Waiting for the Barbarians” (pp. 192-193); “Betrayal” (pp. 194-195); “The Funeral of Sarpedon” (pp. 196-197); “The Horses of Achilles” (p. 198).

II. REPUDIATED POEMS (1886-1898) (pp. 201-244):

“Brindisi” (p. 201); “The Poet and the Muse” (pp. 202-203); “Builders” (p. 204); “Word and Silence” (p. 205); “Sham-el-Nessim” (pp. 206-208); “Bard” (p. 209); “Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat” (pp. 210-211); “Good and Bad Weather” (p. 212); “Timolaus the Syracusan” (pp. 213-214); “Athena's Vote” (pp. 215-216); “The Inkwell” (pp. 217-218); “Sweet Voices” (p. 219); “Elegy of the Flowers” (pp. 220-221); “Hours of Melancholy” (p. 222); “Oedipus” (p. 223); “Ode and Elegy of the Streets” (p. 224); “Near an Open Window” (p. 225); “A Love” (pp. 226-229); “Remembrance” (p. 230); “The Death of the Emperor Tacitus” (p. 231); “The Eumenides, Footfalls” (p. 232); “The Tears of Phaëthon's Sisters” (pp. 233-234); “Ancient Tragedy” (pp. 235-236); “Horace in Athens” (p. 237); “Voice from the Sea” (pp. 238-240); “The Tarentines Have Their Fun” (p. 241); “The Funeral of Sarpedon” (p. 242).

III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS (1877?-1923) (pp. 247-352):

“The Beyzade to His Lady-Love” (p. 247); “Dünya Güzeli” (p. 248); “When, My Friends, I Was in Love . . .” (pp. 249-250); “Nichori” (pp. 251-252); “Song of the Heart” (p. 253); “To Stephanos Skilitsis” (p. 254); “Correspondences According to Baudelaire” (pp. 255-256); “[Fragment of an untitled poem]” (p. 257); “"Nous N'osons Plus Chanter les Roses"” (p. 258); “Indian Image” (p. 259); “Pelasgian Image” (pp. 260-261); “The Hereafter” (p. 262); “The Mimiambs of Herodas” (pp. 263-264); “Azure Eyes” (p. 265); “The Four Walls of My Room” (p. 266); “Alexandrian Merchant” (p. 267); “The Lagid's Hospitality” (p. 268); “In the Cemetery” (p. 269); “Priam's March by Night” (pp. 270-271); “Epitaph” (p. 272); “Displeased Theatregoer” (p. 273); “Before Jerusalem” (p. 274); “Second Odyssey” (pp. 275-276); “He Who Fails” (p. 277); “The Pawn” (pp. 278-279); “Dread” (p. 280); “In the House of the Soul” (p. 281); “Rain” (pp. 282-283); “La Jeunesse Blanche” (p. 284); “Distinguishing Marks” (p. 285); “Eternity” (p. 286); “Confusion” (p. 287); “Salome” (p. 288); “Chaldean Image” (p. 289); “Julian at the Mysteries” (pp. 290-291); “The Cat” (p. 292); “The Bank of the Future” (p. 293); “Impossible Things” (p. 294); “Addition” (p. 295); “Garlands” (p. 296); “Lohengrin” (pp. 297-298); “Suspicion” (p. 299); “Death of a General” (p. 300); “The Intervention of the Gods” (p. 301); “King Claudius” (pp. 302-305); “The Naval Battle” (p. 306); “When the Watchman Saw the Light” (p. 307); “The Enemies” (p. 308); “Artificial Flowers” (p. 309); “Strengthening” (p. 310); “September of 1903” (p. 311); “December 1903” (p. 312); “January of 1904” (p. 313); “On the Stairs” (p. 314); “In the Theatre” (p. 315); “Poseidonians” (p. 316); “The End of Antony” (p. 317); “27 June 1906, 2 P.M.” (p. 318); “Hidden” (p. 319); “Hearing of Love” (p. 320); “"The Rest Shall I Tell in Hades to Those Below"” (p. 321); “That's How” (p. 322); “Homecoming from Greece” (pp. 323-324); “Fugitives” (p. 325); “Theophilus Palaeologus” (p. 326); “And I Got Down and I Lay There in Their Beds” (p. 327); “Half an Hour” (p. 328); “House with Garden” (p. 329); “A Great Feast at the House of Sosibius” (p. 330); “Simeon” (pp. 331-332); “The Bandaged Shoulder” (p. 333); “Coins” (p. 334); “It Was Taken” (p. 335); “From the Drawer” (p. 336).

   Prose Poems: “The Regiment of Pleasure” (pp. 339-340); “Ships” (pp. 341-343); “Clothes” (p. 344).

   Poems Written in English: “[More Happy Thou, Performing Member]” (pp. 347-348); “Leaving Therapia” (p. 349); “Darkness and Shadows” (p. 350).

IV. THE UNFINISHED POEMS (1918-1932) (pp. 355-394):

“The Item in the Paper” (p. 355); “It Must Have Been the Spirits” (p. 356); “And Above All Cynegirus” (pp. 357-358); “Antiochus the Cyzicene” (p. 359); “On the Jetty” (p. 360); “Athanasius” (p. 361); “The Bishop Pegasius” (p. 362); “After the Swim” (p. 363); “Birth of a Poem” (p. 364); “Ptolemy the Benefactor (or Malefactor)” (pp. 365-366); “The Dynasty” (p. 367); “From the Unpublished History” (p. 368); “The Rescue of Julian” (p. 369); “The Photograph” (p. 370); “The Seven Holy Children” (pp. 371-372); “Among the Groves of the Promenades” (p. 373) “The Patriarch” (p. 374); “On Epiphany” (p. 375); “Epitaph of a Samian” (p. 376); “Remorse” (p. 377); “The Emperor Conon” (p. 378); “Hunc Deorum Templis” (p. 379); “Crime” (pp. 380-381); “Of the Sixth or Seventh Century” (p. 382); “Tigranocerta” (p. 383); “Abandonment” (p. 384); “Nothing About the Lacedaemonians” (p. 385); “Zenobia” (p. 386); “Company of Four” (p. 387); “Agelaus” (p. 388).

The Fragmentary Sketches: “[Bondsman and Slave]” (p. 391); “[Colors]” (p. 392); “[My Soul Was on My Lips]” (p. 393); “[Matthew First, First Luke]” (p. 394)

Notes (pp. 393-650); Further Reading (pp. 651-652); Acknowledgments (pp. 653-656); Index of Titles (pp. 657-667).