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THE GOD FORSAKES ANTONY - ILLUSTRATION

Απολείπειν ο θεός Αντώνιον -  Κ. Π. Καβάφη
(The God Forsakes Antony - Constantine P. Cavafy)
 
Undergraduate thesis project
Illustration
 
This is a part of my thesis project, an illustrated book for my Undergraduate degree in Graphic Design at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
I chose a few images from my comic book "Inversus" to accompany the verses of Constantine P. Cavafy's poem "The God Forsakes Antony". It is a poem about defeat and the inevitable end of life that comes fatally, about dispassionately accepting the events without having supplications or illusions.
Here you can browse through the flipping illustrated book...
Scroll down to read the poem in Greek and English.
Απολείπειν ο θεός Αντώνιον
Κ. Π. Καβάφη
 
Σαν έξαφνα, ώρα μεσάνυχτ’, ακουσθεί
αόρατος θίασος να περνά
με μουσικές εξαίσιες, με φωνές—
την τύχη σου που ενδίδει πια, τα έργα σου
που απέτυχαν, τα σχέδια της ζωής σου
που βγήκαν όλα πλάνες, μη ανωφέλετα θρηνήσεις.
Σαν έτοιμος από καιρό, σα θαρραλέος,
αποχαιρέτα την, την Aλεξάνδρεια που φεύγει.
Προ πάντων να μη γελασθείς, μην πεις πως ήταν
ένα όνειρο, πως απατήθηκεν η ακοή σου·
μάταιες ελπίδες τέτοιες μην καταδεχθείς.
Σαν έτοιμος από καιρό, σα θαρραλέος,
σαν που ταιριάζει σε που αξιώθηκες μια τέτοια πόλι,
πλησίασε σταθερά προς το παράθυρο,
κι άκουσε με συγκίνησιν, αλλ’ όχι
με των δειλών τα παρακάλια και παράπονα,
ως τελευταία απόλαυσι τους ήχους,
τα εξαίσια όργανα του μυστικού θιάσου,
κι αποχαιρέτα την, την Aλεξάνδρεια που χάνεις.
The God Forsakes Antony
Constantine P. Cavafy

When suddenly, at the midnight hour,
an invisible troupe is heard passing
with exquisite music, with shouts --
your fortune that fails you now, your works
that have failed, the plans of your life
that have all turned out to be illusions, do not mourn in vain.

As if long prepared, as if courageous,
bid her farewell, the Alexandria that is leaving.

Above all do not be fooled, do not tell yourself
it was a dream, that your ears deceived you;
do not stoop to such vain hopes.

As if long prepared, as if courageous,
as it becomes you who have been worthy of such a city,
approach the window with firm step,
and with emotion, but not
with the entreaties and complaints of the coward,
as a last enjoyment listen to the sounds,
the exquisite instruments of the mystical troupe,
and bid her farewell, the Alexandria you are losing.
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THE GOD FORSAKES ANTONY - ILLUSTRATION
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THE GOD FORSAKES ANTONY - ILLUSTRATION

An illustrated poem book as part of my thesis project.

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