And among all the Greek sponge-divers of Tarpon Springs last week, jovial young Demosthenes Kananis, who has been less than a year in the new world, was unquestioned hero. With covert glances the ...

a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old Greek ...

Tarpon Springs' rich history began in the early 1900s when Greek sponge divers came to the area to work in the burgeoning ...

In 1905, Greek sponge divers were brought to the area, and the rest is history. The Greeks and the sponge industry built ...