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Parnassos Literary Society

Literary society in Greece

Parnassos Literary Society

Literary society in Greece

The society's school for the poor in 1896

The Parnassos Literary Society () was founded in 1865 in Athens and has published various magazines. The oldest literary society in mainland Greece, it continues to be active today.

The Society was founded on 24 June 1865 by the four children of the numismatist to contribute to the spiritual, social, and moral improvement of the Greek people through its events. Its first president was Michael Lambros. The club quickly became well-known, and functioned as a sort of Academy with literary, archaeological, legal, artistic and even scientific sections. It organized lectures, exhibitions, and various competitions. In 1872, at the suggestion of S. Vassiliadis, it opened a night school for destitute children. The historian Constantine Paparrigopoulos became honorary chairman.

It was officially recognized as a nonprofit organization by the Greek state on March 17, 1875.

The club is now housed in a private mansion on the St. George Square designed by Ifikratis Kokkidis (Ιφικράτης Κοκκίδης). The club has a valuable library and art gallery with 250 works by Greek artists.

Publications

From 1877–1895, the club published the magazine Parnassos (Παρνασσός).

From 1896–1939, it published Epeteris (Επετηρίς, "Yearbook").

From 1959 to the present, the club has published a second series of Parnassos quarterly.

Notable members

  • Simos Menardos
  • John Pentland Mahaffy

Notes

Bibliography

References

  1. The Reading Society of [[Corfu]] (''Αναγνωστική Εταιρία Κερκύρας'') was created in 1836 ([http://www.anagnostikicorfu.com/index.asp?lng=en website])
  2. [http://www.lsparnas.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=28&lang=en Society's Web page on its publications]
  3. library/m/aleph. 005926889 bibliographic record at Harvard Libraries]
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