A post-Oedipal anecdote:
the brief history of a continuous slip
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Oedipus, Kavafis, translation, ecdotic studiesAbstract
This text presents a youthful poem by Konstantinos Kavafis. It is an ekphrasis of Gustave Moreau's painting, Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864). I recount here the ecdotic journey of this translated text.
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CAVAFY, C. P. Oedipus, Eternity. Poem (manuscript), n.d. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0086 (88), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF001-0086.
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KAVÁFIS, Konstantinos. Édipo. Trad. Henrique F. Cairus. Inimigo rumor. Revista de poesia, n. 3, set./dez. 1997. pp. 50-51.
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