Cavafy Archive | “The City” | 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, Vassilis Kolonas, Professor of Architectural History, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, analyzes the Cavafy poem “The City”.

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.