Word: averoff
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...estimated that the Olympic fund raised in Greece to meet the expense of the revival of the Olympic games next April at Athens will reach 1,000,000 drachmae or $193,000, besides 600,000 drachmae given by a Greek merchant of Alexandria, named Averoff, for the purpose of rebuilding the Panathenaic Stadion. The crown prince and his brothers are deeply interested in the enterprise. The king having promised to award in person the prizes of silver olive wreaths, and the Government will issue special commemorative postage stamps, a part of the proceeds of which will go to the Olympic...