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In the early years of the Society, a first kernel of its famous Library had already begun to take shape, thanks to various donations. The first ones to donate books, written by them or by others, were various literary men, such as Demetrios Koromilas, Spyridon Vassiliadis, Demetrios Paparrigopoulos, Alexandros Rizos Ragavis, Demetrios Vikelas, Aristoteles Valaoritis, Kostis Palamas and Andreas Laskaratos. In the beginning, the Library was scattered in various rooms and the books were not systematically registered. It developed normally only after the transference of the School to the building at Kantakouzinou Street; then all the back rooms of the ground floor of the central building were arranged accordingly, with big wooden racks, thus constituting the hospitable space of the Parnassos Library. The Library was inaugurated in great solemnity on December the 15th, 1935, which obviously incited several members of the Society to donate non only their writings, but also entire collections of books. We mention the donations of Nikolaos Levidis, Demetrios Petridis, Hippokrates Karavias, Georgios Kyparissis and Andreas Andreadis.
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