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The Wreck of the Liner “Arcadian” Discovered in the Aegean – Its Story and Coincidence with the “Titanic”

Published by Protothema on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 16:18

The British liner S.S. ARCADIAN, torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk during World War I, taking 279 people with it, was discovered by researcher Kostas Thoctarides and his team southeast of Sifnos at a depth of 163 meters.

WWI shipwreck Arcadian found off Sifnos

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 21:00

The British ocean liner Arcadian, torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk during World War I, has been discovered by researcher Kostas Thoktaridis and his team. The wreck was found southeast of the Cycladic island of Sifnos at a depth of 163 meters. The Arcadian, which went down taking 279 men with it, was en route from Thessaloniki to Alexandria, Egypt, with 1,155 military personnel on board.

'Sylvia' at Süreyya Opera

Published by Hurriyet on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 14:50

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) has chosen a mythological piece for this season?s first classic ballet premier.

?Syliva,? the mythological love story uniting the huntress Sylvia and a lovelorn shepherd with the divine intervention of the deity Eros was first choreographed by Louis Merante to music by Leo Delibes in Paris in 1786.