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Sailing Sailing The Crossroads Of History Have you seen Ephesus! Have you been there? Have you combed Istanbul's Grand
Bazaar or climbed to the monastery on Patmos! Have you done that? Have you been to Greece and
Turkey! Blue Cruise Yacht Charters
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for human beings. Further information concerning charter yachts sailing in Greece and Turkey may
be obtained by clicking on the boxed links immediately above. Thank You. A memorable charter
yacht holiday or an unforgettable honeymoon sailing the coast of Turkey and among Aegean islands of
Greece. Another chapter will have been added to the tapestry of life, and you will be grateful for
it. Begin your holiday or honeymoon with one of our charter yachts sailing Greece or sailing Turkey.
Begin with a crewed yacht or a bare boat or a gulet sailing from Gocek, Turkey, near the
Mediterranean Sea, sailing under a warm sun to Rhodes and other Greek Aegean islands. Barsine, by
the way, was a striking Persian beauty. Born in 363 BC to the satrap or local King of Phrygia in
what is now north-central Turkey but what was then a part of the Persian Great King's empire, she
was destined to influence the course of eastern Mediterranean history. Following a failed revolt on
the part of her father against the Great King, Barsine's family in 354 BC found refuge at the
Macedonian court of Philip II. Barsine |
On a cruise ship three miles offshore? Or are you planning to do
so? Well, in any or all of those events, you've missed or are about to miss the scenically
beautiful and more interesting parts of two countries rich in wonders. You should see Turkey's
ancient Ionia, Caria, and Lycia close up from the deck of a yacht! You should take that yacht
through remote Dodecanese Islands of eastern Greece! Once parts of the Persian Empire of the Great
Kings Darius and Xerxes, parts of the Macedonian Empire of Alexander, the Seleucid Empire of
Antiochus, the Egyptian Empire of the Ptolemys, the Roman Empire of Caesar Augustus, the Byzantine
Empire of Constantine, and the Ottoman Empire of Suleiman! All of it encased in history and much
of it encased in pine trees to the edge of crystal clear water! Yes, the azure sea once patrolled
by the triremes of Mentor, Memnon, and Nearchus, and by the lateen-rigged galliots of Turgut Reis
and the Ottoman flotillas of Piri Reis. Capture the history of ancient Lesbos, Chios, Miletus,
Kos, Triopium, Rhodes, Caunos, Crya, Patara, Andriake, and Olympos by tracing the route of
Barsine's flight and by walking in the footsteps of Barsine's several loves. Experience the
flat-water sailing of ancient Telmessos as did the warships of Nearchus, 
Alexander's admiral, and as did fast pirate triakonters and hemiolas once
propelled by banks of opportunistic rowers. Explore the pirate ruins of St. Nicholas Island, a
trove of history visited by one in one thousand of Turkey's twenty million annual tourists.
Photograph the splendors seen by the crews of captured galleys long ago, and by Pompey the Great
when he drove the pirates east, and by the pirates when they returned. Enjoy an evening at
Cleopatra's Bay, Kappi Creek,
Seagull Bay, Wall Bay, and a host of other anchorages all within a few miles of each other. Delight
in campfire cuisine, swim under pined slopes, and talk to new friends about wonders seen. Cruise the
Aegean islands of Greece: Samos, Agathonisi, Leros, Kos, Tilos, and Khalki among others, exploring
ancient and medieval ruins left by Dorians, Venetians, and the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem. Do
all of this and more aboard a yacht selected, inspected, and approved for you by Blue Cruise Yacht
Charters. Would you like to know more? Well, let us answer your questions, crewed yacht or bare boat,
where, when, how much. Phone or fax us in Turkey at +90-252-645-1739, e-mail us at
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had earlier been married at
the age of 8 to Mentor of Rhodes, a naval commander in the pay of her father, and separated from him
at the age of 9. Philip's guest for the next twelve years, she came to know Philip's son Alexander
and his tutor Aristotle before rejoining her husband in 342 BC. Mentor died two years later leaving
Barsine a widow at the age of 23. She promptly married Mentor's brother Memnon, also a naval
commander formerly in the employ of her father. Memnon had meanwhile succeeded his brother as the
Great King's satrap or local ruler of the Troad in what is now northwestern Turkey, and he was still
ruler when Alexander's Macedonian army crossed the Hellespont in 334 BC. Following Alexander's victory
over a Persian and Greek army at the Granicus, Memnon was made supreme commander of the Great King's
forces in Asia Minor while Barsine was dispatched for safety to the Great King's court. As Memnon
was then commander of the Persian Navy which was Phoenician, Cypriot, and Rhodian Greek, and as
Alexander's admiral Nearchus commanded an inferior Macedonian fleet, Barsine went safely by Cypriot
galley to the Middle East, sailing down the Aegean coast of what is now Turkey and then along Turkey's
Mediterranean coast to refuge in Persepolis. Alexander that same year proceeded to take Miletus
without a fight but met with stiff resistance at Halicarnassus, modern Bodrum, defended by Barsine's
Memnon. The outcome was indecisive with Alexander moving on before subduing all of the city, and
with Memnon later abandoning its defense. Memnon with 300 galleys proceeded to take the war to
Alexander's rear, investing the island of Chios and then besieging Lesbos where he died of natural
causes in 333 BC. Barsine was again left a widow, this time at the age of 30. Isn't this the kind of
holiday or honeymoon for which you are searching? A holiday or honeymoon at the crossroads of
history? At about the same time Alexander defeated the Great King at the battle of Issus near modern
Iskenderun, Turkey, and shortly afterward found he was "willing to attach himself to so agreeable
and illustrious a woman." (Plutarch's Life Of Alexander) For the next six years Barsine was a
fixture at Alexander's side, accompanying him in the reduction of modern Iraq and then in
the conquest of modern Afghanistan. Between them they knew something which has escaped George W.
Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. In 327 BC Barsine gave birth to Alexander's first son Herakles who after
Alexander's death in 323 BC was promoted by Nearchus as heir to the Macedonian throne. Perhaps
because Nearchus had in 324 BC married Barsine's daughter by Mentor. Contact