Cavafy

[kah-vah-fee]

noun

1. Constantine Konstantinos Kavafis, 1863–1933, Greek poet in Egypt.

Cavafy

/ kəˈvɑːfɪ /

noun

1. Constantine. Greek name Kavafis. 1863–1933, Greek poet of Alexandria in Egypt

Example Sentences

Looking at our bookshelves, I plucked out a slim volume by Constantine P. Cavafy.

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That side-by-side recitation was also a reminder of Cavafy the polyglot: He was partly raised in Britain as a child, and he reportedly spoke Greek with an English accent.

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Cavafy was a hero to us — and continues to be a hero across the Greek-speaking world.

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A highlight was a complete performance of the groundbreaking Greek electronic musician Lena Platonos’s 2010 album “Kavafis 13 Tragoudia,” in which she set 13 of Cavafy’s poems to music, working with the Greek singer Giannis Palamidas.

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It was effective and moving, especially in a raucously percussive setting of one of Cavafy’s most famous poems, “Waiting for the Barbarians.”

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