C.P. Cavafy. Historical Poems: A Verse Translation with Commentaries. J. Phillipson. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2013. lxxiv, 771 p.

ISBN 9781481788618; 9781481788670 hbk; 9781481788625 e-book

Includes: Introduction (pp. xiii-lxxiv): Part One: "This Collection of Historical Poems" (pp. xiii-xxi); Part Two: "The Commentaries" (pp. xxii-xxxiii); Part Three: "Reasons and Rationale" (pp. xxxiii-l); Part Four: "Difficulties and Boundaries" (pp. l-lxviii); Notes (pp. lxix-lxxiii); Ancient Sources (pp. lxxiii); References (pp. lxxiii-lxxiv).

Historical Poems: 

"Ionic" (p. 1), commentary (pp. 2-34); 2. "Demaratus" (pp. 35-36), commentary (pp. 37-53); 3. "Thermopylae" (p. 54), commentary (pp. 55-72); 4. "The Satrapy" (p. 73), commentary (pp. 74-85); 5. "In an Osroene Town" (p. 86), commentary (pp. 87-96); 6. "The Suite of Bacchus" (p. 97), commentary (pp. 98-115); 7. "In the Year 200 B.C." (pp. 116-117), commentary (pp. 118-147); 8. "King Demetrius" (p. 148), commentary (pp. 149-167); 9. "The Glory of the Ptolemies" (p. 168), commentary (pp. 169-188); 10. "Priest at the Temple of Serapis" (p. 189), commentary (pp. 190-197); 11. "The First Step" (p. 198), commentary (pp. 199-210); 12. "Before the Statue of Endymion" (p. 211), commentary (pp. 212-218); 13. "Eurion's Tomb" (p. 219), commentary (pp. 220-227); 14. "In Sparta" (p. 228), commentary (pp. 229-237); 15. "Come, oh King of the Lacedaemonians" (p. 238), note (p. 239); 16. "The Battle of Magnesia" (p. 240), commentary (p. 241-257); 17. "To Antiochus Epiphanes" (p. 258), commentary (pp. 259-271); 18. "The Displeasure of the Selefkid" (272), commentary (pp. 273-276); 19. "Orophernes" (pp. 277-278), commentary (pp. 279-284);"Wine-Bowl Artisan" (p. 285), note (pp. 286-287); 21. "Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" (pp. 288-289), commentary (pp. 290-294); 22. "Envoys from Alexandria" (p. 295), commentary (pp. 296-302); 23. "The Favor of Alexander Balas" (p. 303), commentary (pp. 304-307); 24. "They Should Have Cared" (pp. 308-309), commentary (pp. 310-319); 25. "Those Who Fought for the Achaean League" (p. 320), commentary (pp. 321-334); 26. "On an Italian Shore" (p. 335), commentary (pp. 336-339); 27. "On the March towards Sinope" (p. 340), commentary (pp. 341-343); 28. "Darius" (pp. 344-345), commentary (pp. 346-355); 29. "Alexander Jannaeus and Alexandra" (p. 356), commentary (pp. 357-369); 30. "Theodotus" (p. 370), commentary (pp. 371-389); 31. "The Ides of March" (p. 390), commentary (pp. 391-396); 32. "31 B.C. in Alexandria" (p. 397), commentary (pp. 398-407); 33. "In an Asia Minor Township" (p. 408), note (p. 409); 34. "The God Abandons Antony" (p. 410), commentary (pp. 411-427); 35. "Alexandrian Kings" (p. 428), commentary (pp. 429-432); 36 "Caesarion" (p. 433), commentary (pp. 434-438); 37. "Epitaph of Antiochus, King of Commagene" (p. 439), commentary (pp. 440-449); 38. "Aristobulus" (pp. 450-451), commentary (pp. 452-458); 39. "Philhellene" (p. 459), commentary (pp. 460-466); "Of the Jews (A.D. 50)" (p. 467), commentary (pp. 468-470); 41. "Nero's Time-Span" (p. 471), commentary (pp. 472-484); 42. "The Footsteps" (p. 485), commentary (pp. 486-490); 43. "One of Their Gods" (p. 491), commentary (pp. 492-496); 44. "If Dead Indeed" (pp. 497-498), commentary (pp. 499-509); 45. "And the Wise, the Things Near at Hand" (p. 510), commentary (pp. 511-512); 46. "Apollonius of Tyana in Rhodes" (p. 513), note (pp. 514-515); 47. "This Is the Man" (p. 516), commentary (pp. 517-524); 48. "Herod Atticus" (p. 525), commentary (pp. 526-533); 49. "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher" (pp. 534-535), commentary (pp. 536-540); 50. "In the Month of Athyr" (p. 541), commentary (pp. 542-549); 51. "Dangerous Things" (p. 550), note (p. 551); 52. "Julian in Nicomedia" (p. 552), commentary (pp. 553-563); 53. "Julian, Seeing Indifference" (p. 564), commentary (pp. 565-575); 54. "Julian and the Antiochenes" (p. 576), commentary (pp. 577-588); 55. "You Didn't Understand" (p. 589), commentary (pp. 590-593); 56. "In the Outskirts of Antioch" (pp. 594-595), commentary (pp. 596-602); 57. "A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen" (p. 603), commentary (pp. 604-612); 58. "Myres: Alexandria of A.D. 340" (pp. 613-614), commentary (pp. 615-623); 59. "Temethos of Antioch: A.D. 400" (p. 624), commentary (pp. 625-629); "Theater of Sidon (A.D. 400)" (p. 630), commentary (pp. 631-635); 61. "Young Men of Sidon (A.D. 400)" (p. 636), commentary (pp. 637-655); 62. "Waiting for the Barbarians" (pp. 656-657), commentary (pp. 658-663); 63. "For Ammonis, Who Died at 29, in 610" (p. 664), commentary (pp. 665-668); 64. "Emilianus Monae, Alexandrian, A.D. 628-655" (p. 669), commentary (pp. 670-674); 65. "Imenos" (p. 675), commentary (pp. 676-681); 66. "An Exiled Byzantine Nobleman, Writing Verses" (p. 682), commentary (pp. 683-707); 67. "Anna Dalassena" (p. 708), commentary (pp. 709-717); 68. "Anna Comnena" (p. 718), commentary (pp. 719-730); 69. "Manuel Comnenus" (p. 731), commentary (pp. 732-739); 70. "Che fece … il gran rifiuto" (p. 740), commentary (pp. 741-752); 71. "John Cantacuzenus Prevails" (p. 753), commentary (pp. 754-764); 72. "Of Colored Glass" (p. 765), commentary (pp. 766-771).

Three additional volumes of the set have been announced: Phillipson, J. C.P. Cavafy. An Anecdotal Life. Phillipson, J. C.P. Cavafy. Erratic Commentaries. Phillipson, J. C.P. Cavafy. The Canon. ["150 poems"].