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4th August 2013, 06:56 PM
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Cretan (?) knife with inscription for translation
Gentlemen,
Please take a look at this knife. Is it from Crete or from somewhere else? Can our Greek speaking members please translate the poem on one side of the blade? Thank you, Teodor Last edited by TVV; 4th August 2013 at 07:23 PM. |
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5th August 2013, 10:48 AM
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Hello,
Not Cretan, one side is inscribed Kydoniai 30 October 1900. Kydoniai is the formal Greek name for the Turkish town of Ayvalık on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, with a predominantly ethnic Greek population pre-1922. On the other side the inscription reads: I eat bread with tears, (I drink) poisoned water I have been raised with sorrows and sufferings Regards, Andreas |
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5th August 2013, 01:29 PM
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An attempt:
"I eat bread with tears, poisoned water... ... I am with with bitterness and sufferings." Kydonies (Today Chania) 1900 30 October |
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5th August 2013, 01:32 PM
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Sorry, the correct:
"I eat bread with tears, poisoned water... ... I am breeds with bitterness and sufferings." Kydonies (Today Chania) 1900 30 October |
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5th August 2013, 01:33 PM
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Hi Teodor,
It is not from Crete, its from Aivali (Kydonies) in Asia Minor coast, in Turkey. Please make a better photo of the last 2 words in the second row. |
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5th August 2013, 01:45 PM
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Ups
 !I think Eftihis is right, sorry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayvalık http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kydonia Anyway, nice knife. |
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5th August 2013, 05:03 PM
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Gentlemen,
Thank you very much for the quick responses. Here is hopefully a better photo of the poem. Teodor |
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7th August 2013, 07:14 AM
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Thanks for the photo. Translation remains the same!
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9th August 2013, 01:12 AM
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Thank you very much Eftihis. Why are these inscriptions on Greek knives so elegiac? Are they references to the Ottoman yoke or simply love related?
Teodor |
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