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Cruise Smeralda
The ''AF Mia'' is a Roll-on/roll-off, RO/PAX ferry operated and owned by Adria Ferries. The ship was built as ''Ikarus'' in Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines in 1997, and later renamed ''Ikarus Palace''. She has a sister ship now with Corsica Linea. Minoan Lines Career ''Ikarus'' made her career for Minoan Lines in 1997 and worked the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice route for many years with her sister ship ''Pasiphae''. In 2001 both ships were renamed ''Ikarus Palace'' and ''Pasiphae Palace'' respectively. They worked together for many years on the same route until ''Pasiphae Palace'' was sold to SNCM and renamed ''Jean Nicoli''. ''Ikarus Palace'' also made worked the Piraeus-Heraklion route replacing another ship of her company. After the arrivals of the newest ships and , ''Ikarus Palace'' was laid-up in Patras and then joined the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route and subsequently replacing ''HSF Knossos Palace'' and ''HSF Kydon Palace'' on Piraeus-Heraklion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalus had revealed the labyrinth's secrets and imprisoned them--either in a large tower overlooking the ocean or the labyrinth itself, depending upon the account. Icarus and Daedalus escaped using wings Daedalus constructed from feathers, threads from blankets, clothes, and beeswax. Daedalus warned Icarus first of complacency and then of hubris, instructing him to fly neither too low nor too high, lest the sea's dampness clog his wings or the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored Daedalus’ instructions not to fly too close to the sun, causing the beeswax in his wings to melt. Icarus fell from the sky, plunged into the sea, and drowned. The myth gave rise to the idiom, " fly too close to the sun". In some versions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
