Word: gennadeion
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...Gennadeion looks down on the Acropolis. The child towers above the parent. The new library for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is practically completed. Designed by an American architect, the marble edifice is a true descendant of that classical school in the midst of whose ruins it stands like a spectre from the past...
...library of Joannes Gennadius, long the Greek Minister to London, who has assembled an unrivaled collection of books concerning Greece during the Turkish occupation (about 1460 to 1821-least known period of Greek history). The library will be housed at Athens in a building to be known as the "Gennadeion." It contains among its treasures the valuable works of Sathas, Philadelpheus, Kampouroglos...
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