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Field photograph·C09750·1929

Papa Polivios in Mandres, Ayios Iakovos

Papa Polivios standing on a dirt track in Mandres, Ayios Iakovos, holding a walking stick, with a dry-stone wall behind him.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09750. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bearded man in a long dark robe and a tall black cylindrical hat stands facing the camera on a dirt track. He holds a long, thin wooden walking stick in one hand, and his other arm hangs at his side. Behind him a dry-stone wall climbs the slope, with a pale-walled building, a bare tree and shrubs beyond.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Papa Polivios, a bearded man in a long black robe and tall black hat, standing with a walking stick in a village street by a stone wall.
Description, scan 2
Full-length portrait of a bearded man standing in a dirt street and facing the camera. He wears a long black robe over dark clothing, a tall black cylindrical hat and lace-up shoes, and holds a thin wooden walking stick in one hand. Behind him are a dry-stone wall, a stone building with a flat roof, a small tree and a hillside.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Papa Polivios in Mandres, Ayios Iakovos. Papa Polivios was also frightfully strong and had a well-established reputation as "the priest who loved to wrestle".

Swedish, as on the record

Papa Polivios i Mandres, Ajios Jakovos. Papa Polivios var även ohyggligt stark och hade ett grundmurat rykte av at vara "prästen som älskade att brottas".

Swedish, as on the record

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)