For 10 points, name this city which is the subject of the poems "The City" and "The God Abandons Antony" by its native son C. P. Cavafy.
An essay by Orhan Pamuk tells of how a poem about this city changed the way he thinks about Istanbul. The addressee of that poem asks "How long can I let my mind moulder in this place?" while justifying his decision to leave this city, but the speaker tells him "This city will always pursue you" and "you've wasted your life here." In another poem about this city, the addressee hears an "invisible (*) procession" going by at midnight and is told to listen to its "exquisite music" and say goodbye to this city, which he is losing. That poem was inspired by an anecdote told by Plutarch. For 10 points, name this city which is the subject of the poems "The City" and "The God Abandons Antony" by its native son C. P. Cavafy.
An essay by Orhan Pamuk tells of how a poem about this city changed the way he thinks about Istanbul.
Alexandria