← Constantine CavafyWaiting for the Barbariansby Constantine CavafyPoem reflecting on cultural decline and the fear of social changeFind on Amazon↗About the authorConstantine CavafyGreek Alexandrian poet who published only a handful of broadsheets in his lifetime but whose historical and erotic poems are among the most influential of the twentieth century. Ithaca and The God Abandons Antony are his most celebrated.More by Constantine CavafyCollected PoemsSelected poems exploring ancient themes, desire, and cultural memory→IthacaLyric poem about journey, longing, and the wisdom gained through experience→The God Abandons AntonyPoem depicting divine abandonment and human grandeur in decline→