This chapter describes a course on C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933), a poet of the Greek diaspora who lived in Alexandria and profoundly influenced many prose writers, poets and artists, from E.M. Forster and Marguerite Yourcenar to James Merrill and Duane Michals. Students read widely in English translations of his poetry, but they are also immersed in works inspired by it. The course is organized both chronologically and thematically, according to the issues that have informed his reception.