Ikaria is a very rich historical heritage, as shown by the monuments and various finds from archaeological excavations. The history of Ikaria started millions of years ago. It is not known when researchers first inhabited. However, there are several findings that illustrate the different periods display traces of human civilization as the Neolithic period to the early Bronze Age, in Mycenaean times etc. Until the later antiquity. For many, Ikaria is considered the birthplace of the god Dionysus, at the area near Drakano and home wine. Noteworthy is also that many names on the island, associated with Dionysus.
Island Name
Before acquiring its current name, Ikaria had acquired the names Dolichi or Doligi, which according to some historians mean worm while according to others it was due to the shape of the island. Other names that have been given are Makris because of its elongated shape, Ichthyoessa because the number of fish in the sea and Anemoessa, due to the severity of the winds. Wine, because of the great wine production. It is worth noting that the name of wine later took the city of Ikaria.
The last name that has prevailed and nowadays is Ikaria, but there are many versions about the origin of this. The version but that has prevailed is that the name comes from the myth of Icarus, when Icarus and his father Daedalus escaped from the palace of King Minos of Crete and tossing bound for Ionia and the coast of Asia Minor. At some point Icarus, visibly excited and enchanted by the beauty of flight and landscapes he saw ascended higher than where it was flying, defying danger and the advice of his father that if you went up melted his wings. The wings then actually melted and he fell into the sea and drowned (current location sea area between the village and Xylosyrti Chrysostom, where he built a monument and open-air amphitheater). The sea was named later Icarian Sea and the adjacent island of Ikaria. Among the locals has prevailed Nikaria name and people are invited Kariotis and Kariotina instead Ikarians and Ikariotina.
In the 8th century. B.C. (750 BC), Ikaria first apoikithike by Milesians. For centuries, the colonization had a positive impact on the lives of indigenous Ikarioton and generally insular area. The marine transportation developed and trade flourished. The land began to be cultivated, fisheries and livestock flourished. Exports made into wine, potatoes, olives, apricots, honey, wood, charcoal, etc. to other islands and to the coast of Asia Minor. Moreover, at that time began to organize the first principles on the island, such as the Church of the municipality, the House etc.
During the 6th century BC Ikaria was dominated by the tyrant of Samos, Polycrates. During his days, Samos became a first naval power and enjoyed great prosperity, once free from the power of prestige in the subordination of all Asia Minor and the islands. At that time they built the temple of Artemis at Nas. Later, with the fall of the king of Samos, Ikaria came under the rule of the Persians, namely Darius. The Wine and Therma received from the first part of the Athenian Alliance that fought against the Persians, which outperformed the expansionist policy of the Lacedaemonians. Ikaria remained the Athenian League until the complete subordination of the island to the Macedonians (around 436 BC), when he created a single confederation with the name 'common Icarus'. Ikaria initially was taken by Alexander the Great and ended, after many quarrels among the offspring, in the kingdom of Pergamon, under King Attalus the Third, around the 2nd BC century and passed on, the power of the Roman Empire.
Ottoman
After the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks The Ikarians not agreed to leave their island and settle on the island, despite following the regular hidden in secret settlements in the mountains, as sometimes did in the past, in order to show the desert and uninhabited the island. This period was characterized as 'The century of obscurity' and lasted from 1521 until 1601 (80 years), while areas that had gathered population was Lagkada, cranberry, Pezi the Perdiki and others. In this way, the hidden, managed and escaped the island, and from the raids of the Turkish pirate Barbarossa (around 1537 AD). During this period, it should be noted that presented a huge wave of migration to safer destinations, such as the barren Ikaria and so undoubtedly is evidence installing population of Mani on the island. Ikarians have slowly begun to emerge and move to the island when he was the leader of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who was quite mild for the islanders, while around the 18th AD century settled on the island first Aga to collects taxes from residents and control the administration there. Noteworthy is the fact that the residents themselves succeeded in exontooun and historic left the phrase when erotithisan Who did: 'the ekamamen Oulu mice master'.
In modern times, Ikaria suffered the same fate throughout Greece, poverty during the two world wars and the rapid development today. Ikaria is known today as the island of exile or red island. Because of its geomorphology, Ikaria suffered many exiles during WWII and after him, who were communists and managed to become one with the locals, as the famous composer Mikis Thodorakis
Island Name
Before acquiring its current name, Ikaria had acquired the names Dolichi or Doligi, which according to some historians mean worm while according to others it was due to the shape of the island. Other names that have been given are Makris because of its elongated shape, Ichthyoessa because the number of fish in the sea and Anemoessa, due to the severity of the winds. Wine, because of the great wine production. It is worth noting that the name of wine later took the city of Ikaria.
The last name that has prevailed and nowadays is Ikaria, but there are many versions about the origin of this. The version but that has prevailed is that the name comes from the myth of Icarus, when Icarus and his father Daedalus escaped from the palace of King Minos of Crete and tossing bound for Ionia and the coast of Asia Minor. At some point Icarus, visibly excited and enchanted by the beauty of flight and landscapes he saw ascended higher than where it was flying, defying danger and the advice of his father that if you went up melted his wings. The wings then actually melted and he fell into the sea and drowned (current location sea area between the village and Xylosyrti Chrysostom, where he built a monument and open-air amphitheater). The sea was named later Icarian Sea and the adjacent island of Ikaria. Among the locals has prevailed Nikaria name and people are invited Kariotis and Kariotina instead Ikarians and Ikariotina.
In the 8th century. B.C. (750 BC), Ikaria first apoikithike by Milesians. For centuries, the colonization had a positive impact on the lives of indigenous Ikarioton and generally insular area. The marine transportation developed and trade flourished. The land began to be cultivated, fisheries and livestock flourished. Exports made into wine, potatoes, olives, apricots, honey, wood, charcoal, etc. to other islands and to the coast of Asia Minor. Moreover, at that time began to organize the first principles on the island, such as the Church of the municipality, the House etc.
During the 6th century BC Ikaria was dominated by the tyrant of Samos, Polycrates. During his days, Samos became a first naval power and enjoyed great prosperity, once free from the power of prestige in the subordination of all Asia Minor and the islands. At that time they built the temple of Artemis at Nas. Later, with the fall of the king of Samos, Ikaria came under the rule of the Persians, namely Darius. The Wine and Therma received from the first part of the Athenian Alliance that fought against the Persians, which outperformed the expansionist policy of the Lacedaemonians. Ikaria remained the Athenian League until the complete subordination of the island to the Macedonians (around 436 BC), when he created a single confederation with the name 'common Icarus'. Ikaria initially was taken by Alexander the Great and ended, after many quarrels among the offspring, in the kingdom of Pergamon, under King Attalus the Third, around the 2nd BC century and passed on, the power of the Roman Empire.
Ottoman
After the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks The Ikarians not agreed to leave their island and settle on the island, despite following the regular hidden in secret settlements in the mountains, as sometimes did in the past, in order to show the desert and uninhabited the island. This period was characterized as 'The century of obscurity' and lasted from 1521 until 1601 (80 years), while areas that had gathered population was Lagkada, cranberry, Pezi the Perdiki and others. In this way, the hidden, managed and escaped the island, and from the raids of the Turkish pirate Barbarossa (around 1537 AD). During this period, it should be noted that presented a huge wave of migration to safer destinations, such as the barren Ikaria and so undoubtedly is evidence installing population of Mani on the island. Ikarians have slowly begun to emerge and move to the island when he was the leader of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who was quite mild for the islanders, while around the 18th AD century settled on the island first Aga to collects taxes from residents and control the administration there. Noteworthy is the fact that the residents themselves succeeded in exontooun and historic left the phrase when erotithisan Who did: 'the ekamamen Oulu mice master'.
In modern times, Ikaria suffered the same fate throughout Greece, poverty during the two world wars and the rapid development today. Ikaria is known today as the island of exile or red island. Because of its geomorphology, Ikaria suffered many exiles during WWII and after him, who were communists and managed to become one with the locals, as the famous composer Mikis Thodorakis