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The mermaid

The mermaid is our biggest fan. She has followed easyCruiseOne all around the Aegean during 2007, visiting some of the most beautiful islands of the Greece like Mykonos, Paros, Milos and Amorgos. Now one may ask why would a mermaid, which can swim independently any place any time, choose to cruise around with easyCruise. The answer is simple, because its more fun! easyCruise gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy the Greek islands all day and all night, using the easyCruise ship as a base. This way you get to see cool places day and night and also enjoy the trendy easyCruise atmosphere while onboard.

Now our mermaid is getting ready for our new 2008 destinations and can’t wait to visit the Aegean islands that the new easyCruise Life will be visiting as part of its 7 day itinerary and also the chance to enjoy Bodrum of Turkey. During the same season she will definitely follow our new 10 day itinerary around the Ionian sea for the unique experience of visiting the best Ionian destinations including the port of Agioi Saranda and the ancient site of Butrint.

You also have the opportunity to enjoy all the destinations and the unique atmosphere of easyCruise by booking your preferred cruise now! You might even get to meet the mermaid as well!

More about mermaids...

A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' (as in maritime, the Latin mare, "sea") + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish.

The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like; in fact, some languages use the same word for both creatures.

Tales of mermaids are nearly universal. The first known mermaid stories appeared in Assyria, ca. 1000 BCE. Atargatis, the mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, was a goddess who loved a mortal shepherd and in the process killed him. Ashamed, she jumped into a lake to take the form of a fish, but the waters would not conceal her divine nature. Thereafter, she took the form of a mermaid - human above the waist, fish below - though the earliest representations of Atargatis showed her as being a fish with a human head and legs, similar to the Babylonian Ea. The Greeks recognized Atargatis under the name Derketo, where she was often conflated with Aphrodite.

A popular Greek legend has Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike, turn into a mermaid after her death. She lived, it was said, in the Aegean and when sailors would encounter her, she would ask them only one question: "Is Alexander the king alive?" (Greek: Ζει ο βασιλιάς Αλέξανδρος;), to which the correct answer would be "He lives and still rules" (Greek: Ζει και βασιλεύει). Any other answer would spur her into a rage, where she transformed into a Gorgon and meant doom for the ship and every sailor onboard.