Cavafy Archive | “Dimaratos” | Seven poems, seven lessons

Seven meetings about seven C.P. Cavafy poems. In each one of them, the analysis of a particular poem is followed by a comprehensive discussion concerning Cavafy’s work. In one of the seven meetings-lessons, Yannis Papatheodorou, Associate Professor of Modern Greek Literature at the University of Patras, analyzes the Cavafy poem “Dimaratos”. The starting point of each meeting is the analysis of a particular poem by C.P. Cavafy, with the aim to expand on analyzing the literary and cultural context in which these works were written. Each poem becomes a bridge leading to a larger discussion, examining the connections with other works by Cavafy and by other Greek and foreign literary figures and artists.