Up for sale was almost the entire armada of that hero of the modern Greek shipping legend, Stavros Spyros Niarchos (TIME cover, Aug. 6, 1956). Disenchanted Argonaut. The would-be buyers ...

This is a project of huge generosity, gifted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, combining the new National Opera House, National Library and park. The park is packed most days and the library, Athens ...