Βυζαντινά επώνυμα Ικαρίας

Abstract

The author offers a solution to the problem of the origin of byzantine surnames from Icaria. He deals with an abudant material such as: historical sources, itineraries of Greek and foreign travelers, inscriptions, coins and linguistic and onomastic sources i.e. place-names drawn from archaeological material (palaces, castles, temples, ruined villages). The oral tradition has also been used as a source of the cultural life of the island and the character of its inhabitants. The (5) surnames Kammitsis (Καμμύτσης), Kapsalonis (Καψαλώνης), Melissinés (Μελισσηνός), Skaramagas (Σχαραμαγχᾶς), Psellos (Ψελλός) are analyzed from their historical and linguistic point of view to be proved as genuine byzantine out of almost a hundred surnames of Icaria which are not proved yet as byzantine since their examination still goes on.