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The industrial city of Piraeus (c. 200,000 inhabitants) is close
to Athens. During the Medic wars (against
the Persians, Vth century BP), Piraeus became the main port of
Athens, to which it was linked by the so-called 'long walls'. Piraeus
is still the main port of Athens, and most ferries serving the Greek
islands are stationed there.
Piraeus is the seat of the sport-club Olympiakos (football and
basket-ball, inter alia).
Piraeus is well-known in French for the expression prendre Le Pirée pour un homme (literally, to take Piraeus for a human being). In La Fontaine's fable Le Singe et le Dauphin ("The Monkey and the Dolphin"), the Monkey attempts to impress the Dolphin by speaking of one of his famous friends named ... Le Pirée. Therefore, prendre le Pirée pour un homme means to be of very deep ignorance.
The pun was reused by Goscinny in Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques, as follows:
The same kind of pun is reused later with Acropolis (Obélix: "Who's that Cropolis?")
The burgee of YCP is a very dark blue, 3:5, triangular flag with a yellow emblem made of a eight-pointed star with the northern, western, southern, and eastern points longer than the four other ones and a point added to the northern branch.
Source: YCP website.
Ivan Sache, 27 July 2001
Palaios Faliron is located south of Athens and east of Piraeus, on a bay called 'Ormos Falirou'. Palaios Faliron is located on the eastern part of the bay whereas Neon Faliron is located on the western part of the bay. I guess that Palaios and Neon stand for Old and New, respectively.
Nautical Club of Palaion Faliron has a dark blue burgee with a white chevron placed along the hoist.
Source: NCPF website
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2002
The burgee of the NC Thessaloniki is dark blue with a light blue cross. In the middle of the cross is a dark blue disc bearing a yellow fouled anchor surrounded by the Greek letters N, O and Θ. This is probably the acronym of the yacht club name. All the elements of the burgee are fimbriated in yellow.
Source: NCT website
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2002
Kalamaki is located in the south-eastern outskirts of Athens, close to the international airport.
The burgee of Nautical Club of Kalamaki (NOK) has an unusual shape, being not exactly triangular but ending with a roundish point. It has five horizontal blue-white-blue-white-blue stripes merging in a single blue field near the hoist and a white disk with NOK above 1947 in red letters.
Source: NOK website
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2002
MYC was founded on 30 July 2002 by Kestrel Trading Corporation, a company based in Mauritius. The club is located at Ornos Bay (37° 25' 25" N / 25° 19' 33" E) on the island of Mykonos (Cyclades archipelago).
The burgee of MYC is red with a blue triangle placied along the hoist but not reaching the top and the bottom of the flag, charged with MYK in white. MYK represents the international letters for Mykonos.
Source: MYC website
Ivan Sache, 27 September 2003